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Comparative Study
. 1986 Dec;7(6):367-77.

Attitudes toward breastfeeding

T Baranowski, D K Rassin, C J Richardson, J P Brown, D E Bee
  • PMID: 3805294
Comparative Study

Attitudes toward breastfeeding

T Baranowski et al. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1986 Dec.

Abstract

To understand why some lower socioeconomic status mothers delivering at a state university hospital breastfeed, while others do not, 26 attitude items were administered in a survey of 358 mothers. A factor analysis of these items yielded four interpretable factors: benefits to infant, social inconvenience, personal inconvenience, and physical inconvenience-medical benefits to child. These factors were significantly related to breastfeeding within each level of ethnicity and marital status. The results imply that emphasizing the benefits for the infant, and providing strategies for minimizing personal inconveniences, should promote breastfeeding in these populations.

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