Anderson J E, Rodrigues W, Tavares Thome A M
Stud Fam Plann. 1984 May-Jun;15(3):127-35.
Three multivariate methods--deviation from total proportion breastfeeding, polynomial regression, and proportional hazards--are used on current status breastfeeding data to explain an inverse relationship between use of the health care system and breastfeeding in Bahia State, Brazil. Among the intervening variables analyzed--urban/rural residence, educational attainment, age of woman, and place of last live birth--education and place of last live birth are found to have a net effect on breastfeeding by all three methods of analysis. The advantages and disadvantages of each method are described.
三种多变量方法——偏离纯母乳喂养比例、多项式回归和比例风险模型——被用于当前母乳喂养状况的数据，以解释巴西巴伊亚州医疗保健系统的使用与母乳喂养之间的负相关关系。在所分析的干预变量中——城乡居住情况、教育程度、妇女年龄和上次分娩地点——通过所有三种分析方法发现，教育程度和上次分娩地点对母乳喂养有净影响。文中描述了每种方法的优缺点。
