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The relative importance of social class and maternal education for breast-feeding initiation
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Skafida, Valeria |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Description | Objective To examine changes in breast-feeding take-up rates among young children in Scotland and to assess whether maternal education or occupation-based social class is a stronger and better predictor of breast-feeding take-up. Design Binary logistic regression models were developed from the first sweep of the Growing Up in Scotland longitudinal survey, for the two cohorts of children. Setting A national representative survey for Scotland. Subjects A baby cohort of 5012 singletons born over a 12-month period between June 2004 and May 2005, and a toddler cohort of 2732 singletons born over a 12-month period between June 2002 and May 2003. Results Mothers from more privileged social classes and those with more educational qualifications resulted as more likely to breast-feed. However, maternal education was a better and more robust predictor of breast-feeding take-up compared with social class. There were no significant differences in breast-feeding take-up between the two cohorts and only minor differences between mothers aged 20–29 years and those who stated an intention to bottle-feed prior to birth. Conclusions The study suggests that the importance of maternal education in influencing breast-feeding has been somewhat overlooked in research based in more developed countries. The results indicate that, compared with occupation-related social class, maternal education is a more informative, accurate and useful lens through which to understand and explain patterns of breast-feeding take-up. |
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| Ending Page | 2292 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| Starting Page | 2285 |
| ISSN | 13689800 |
| e-ISSN | 14752727 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1368980009004947 |
| Journal | Public Health Nutrition |
| Issue Number | 12 |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2009-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Public Health Nutrition Obstetrics and Gynecology Infant Feeding Social Class |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Nutrition and Dietetics Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
