Abstract
Objectives: To examine the associations of education and employment with breast-feeding initiation and duration in rural mothers, in the context of environmental, social, and intrapersonal factors. Methods: Data from a telephone survey of 414 mothers from rural Minnesota were examined with regression analyses. Results: Education and employment had individual and interactive effects of breastfeeding practices. Women with higher educations and those who were not employed full-time were more likely to initiate and maintain a longer duration of breast-feeding. Conclusions: Rural women with less than college educations and who work full-time may need the most support for initiating and maintaining breast-feeding.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 432-444 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | American journal of health behavior |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2003 |
Keywords
- Breast-feeding
- Maternal health
- Rural
- Social indicators
- Women's health