Palloni A, Tienda M
Demography. 1986 Feb;23(1):31-52.
The effects of the pace of childbearing and breastfeeding practices on infant mortality have rarely been considered together. In this paper, we design and use a set of methodological tools to test a variety of hypotheses postulating the effects of breastfeeding and pace of childbearing on mortality in infancy and early childhood, the mechanisms through which those effects operate, and the contingencies that strengthen or weaken them. The strong effects of both length of breastfeeding and the pace of childbearing on the risks of child death suggest that neither of them exerts an impact on mortality totally mediated by the other. Social and demographic factors (such as age of child, education of mother, and region of residence) also condition the impact of breastfeeding and pace of childbearing on mortality.
生育节奏和母乳喂养方式对婴儿死亡率的影响很少被同时考虑。在本文中，我们设计并使用了一套方法工具，来检验各种假设，这些假设假定了母乳喂养和生育节奏对婴儿期和幼儿期死亡率的影响、这些影响发挥作用的机制，以及强化或削弱这些影响的偶然因素。母乳喂养时长和生育节奏对儿童死亡风险均有显著影响，这表明它们对死亡率的影响并非完全由另一方介导。社会和人口因素（如孩子年龄、母亲教育程度和居住地区）也会影响母乳喂养和生育节奏对死亡率的影响。
