Hanson Michelle B, Hellerstedt Wendy L, Desvarieux Moïse, Duval Susan J
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015, USA.
Am J Health Behav. 2003 Jul-Aug;27(4):432-44. doi: 10.5993/ajhb.27.4.15.
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.
Data from a telephone survey of 414 mothers from rural Minnesota were examined with regression analyses.
Education and employment had individual and interactive effects of breast-feeding 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.
Rural women with less than college educations and who work full-time may need the most support for initiating and maintaining breast-feeding.
