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Breast‐feeding, Bottle‐feeding and Related Factors

ABSTRACT. Infant feeding practices and related factors were studied in a survey of 189 mothers of 4‐month‐old infants in 1980 and of 151 mothers of 6‐month‐old infants in 1982. In both groups about 70 % of the mothers commenced with breast‐feeding. In 1980, 21 % of the infants were still being breast‐fed at the age of 4 months, compared with 32 % in 1982. 26 % of the infants were still being breast‐fed at the age of 6 months. The most frequently mentioned reason for not commencing with or discontinuing breast‐feeding was ‘insufficient milk’. Univariate analyses showed that the educational level of the mother and her smoking habits were significantly related to both the commencement and the duration of breast‐feeding in 1980 and 1982. These results were confirmed by multivariate analyses which suggest that well educated, non‐smoking mothers are the most successful in breast‐feeding their infants.