Comparative Studies No. 41
İÇİNDEKİLERContents1 INTRODUCTION 5 2 METHODOLOGY 7 3 ATTRIBUTES SELECTED 9 4 FINDINGS 10 4.1 Age, parity 10 4.2 Residence 13 4.3 Wife's educational level 13 4.4 Work status since marriage 16 4.5 Additional children wanted 16 4.6 Use of contraception following the birth 17 4.7 Sex of child 18 5 CONCLUSION 22 REFERENCES 23 TABLES Proportional distribution of sample by age and parity, and differences of subcategory mean durations of breastfeeding from the overall mean;average of 28 countries 10 2 Mean duration of breastfeeding by mother°s age at time of birth 11 3 Mean duration of breastfeeding by parity of child 12 4 Mean duration of breastfeeding by residence 14 5 Mean duration of breastfeeding by mother's education 15 6 Mean duration of breastfeeding by mother's work experience since first marriage 17 7 Mean duration of breastfeeding by whether addi- , tional children were wanted following this birth 18 8 Mean duration of breastfeeding by whether con- traception was used following this birth 19 9 Mean duration of breastfeeding by sex of child 20 10 Variables displaying the highest levels of signifıcance, by country 20 11 Proportional distribution of sample by selected attributes; 28 countries 21 FIGURE 1 Proportion of children currently breastfed by duration since birth; Sri Lanka Fertility Survey, 1975 6  |
