Jacknowitz Alison
Department of Public Administration and Policy, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016, USA.
Women Health. 2008;47(2):87-111. doi: 10.1080/03630240802092357.
The present analyses were undertaken to understand the role of workplace characteristics in the breastfeeding practices of working women. The effects of the perception of the availability of employer-sponsored child care, the perception of the availability of a flexible schedule, hours worked at home, and worked a fixed schedule on breastfeeding outcomes were estimated using a sample of 1,506 births from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 and the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. The availability of employer-sponsored child care increased the likelihood of breastfeeding six months after birth by 47 percent. In addition, working an additional eight hours at home per week, at the mean, increased the probability of breastfeeding initiation by 8 percent and breastfeeding six months after birth by 16.8 percent. Workplace characteristics show promise as an effective way to increase breastfeeding rates among working women.
进行本次分析是为了了解工作场所特征在职业女性母乳喂养行为中的作用。利用1979年全国青年纵向调查中的1506例出生样本以及1979年全国青年纵向调查对象的子女样本，估算了对雇主提供的儿童保育服务可及性的认知、对灵活工作时间表可及性的认知、在家工作时长以及固定工作时间表对母乳喂养结果的影响。雇主提供的儿童保育服务使产后六个月进行母乳喂养的可能性增加了47%。此外，平均而言，每周在家多工作八小时会使开始母乳喂养的概率提高8%，产后六个月进行母乳喂养的概率提高16.8%。工作场所特征有望成为提高职业女性母乳喂养率的有效途径。
