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Correlates and implications of breast-feeding practices in Bas Zaire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Nancy Beth Mock ,
Jane T. Bertrand  and
Nlandu Mangani
Nancy Beth Mock
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Jane T. Bertrand
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Health Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Nlandu Mangani
Affiliation:
Hopital Evangelique, Nsona Mpangu, Bas Zaire
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Summary

A sample of 1871 women having a child under 3 years old in Bas Zaire was studied to determine the correlates of breast-feeding practices and to examine the interrelationships among breast-feeding, contraceptive practices and desire for pregnancy. Socioeconomic factors that were related to the length of breast-feeding include economic status, maternal education, migration status, urban residence, pregnancy and sex of the index child. Among non-pregnant women, current desire for pregnancy also was related to breast-feeding status when the length of time since birth of the last child was taken into account. Rural women were reportedly ready for another pregnancy sooner after the birth of their last child than were urban women. On the other hand, urban women were much less likely to be practising traditional abstinence or other effective methods of contraception.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , April 1986 , pp. 231 - 245
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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