Akter Shamima, Rahman Md Mizanur
Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh.
World Health Popul. 2010;11(4):5-12. doi: 10.12927/whp.2010.21722.
Early cessation of breastfeeding is a cause of significant concern in many developing countries. Premature discontinuation of breastfeeding is known to be associated with avoidable childhood morbidity and mortality as well as high levels of parity and avoidable pregnancies. Using a publicly available demographic dataset from Bangladesh, we applied a life table and Cox's proportional hazard model to investigate the duration and predictors of breastfeeding. The observed mean duration of breastfeeding was 27.5 months regardless of the level of parity. The results showed that age, age at the time of marriage, religion, the level of education of the mother, the geographic region of residence, employment status, parity and the use of contraceptives are important predictors of early cessation of breastfeeding.
在许多发展中国家，过早停止母乳喂养是一个令人严重关切的问题。众所周知，过早停止母乳喂养与儿童可避免的发病和死亡以及高生育率和可避免的怀孕有关。我们利用来自孟加拉国的公开人口数据集，应用生命表和考克斯比例风险模型来研究母乳喂养的持续时间及其预测因素。无论生育次数多少，观察到的母乳喂养平均持续时间为27.5个月。结果表明，年龄、结婚时的年龄、宗教、母亲的教育水平、居住的地理区域、就业状况、生育次数和避孕药具的使用是母乳喂养过早停止的重要预测因素。
