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Economic and social factors influencing women's infant feeding decisions in a rural Mexican community.

An investigation of economic family and social factors which influenced selection of infant feeding methods by mothers. The study was carried out using a random sample of mothers with infants aged 2 and under in a rural Mexican town. During interviews information was gathered on the infants feeding history attitudes of the mothers and advice received concerning breast milk and infant health feeding methods used by family and peer females and family economic and living situations. Relationships between these factors and feeding method were investigated. Economic situation family size reported ability to produce breast milk and advice received concerning breast milk were found to be influential but exposure to commercial advertising and womens labor force participation were not. Economics is a major factor in choosing breastfeeding for low income families. Large family size seemed a major determinant to bottlefeed.