Carneiro P
Association for Family Health and Life-India, New Delhi.
Int J Fertil. 1988;33 Suppl:35-9.
Data on breast-feeding patterns and lactational amenorrhoea were collected as part of a socioanthropological inquiry conducted among the Warli tribals living along the west coast of India. A need to study and length of lactational amenorrhoea among these tribal women arose because in the complete absence of the use of contraception, lactational amenorrhoea acts as a natural birth spacer in this population. Analysis of the data shows that the suckling frequency during lactation, the sex of the child born, and the nutritional status of the women influence the length of lactational amenorrhoea. The consequences of variations in the length of lactational amenorrhoea on other related demographic parameters are also mentioned.
作为对生活在印度西海岸的瓦尔里部落进行的社会人类学调查的一部分，收集了母乳喂养模式和哺乳期闭经的数据。之所以有必要研究这些部落妇女的哺乳期闭经情况及其持续时间，是因为在完全不使用避孕措施的情况下，哺乳期闭经在这一人群中起到了自然的生育间隔作用。数据分析表明，哺乳期的哺乳频率、所生孩子的性别以及妇女的营养状况会影响哺乳期闭经的持续时间。文中还提到了哺乳期闭经持续时间的变化对其他相关人口统计学参数的影响。
