Determinants of termination of breastfeeding within the first 2 years of life in India: Evidence from the National Family Health Survey-2

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-193

  Malhotra, Rahul ^a,b   Noheria, Amit ^a   Amir, Omar ^a   Ackerson, Leland K ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Cox regression; Genderbias; India; Maternal education; Religion; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILDBIRTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; WEANING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MOTHERS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47149100091     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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