Article(electronic)April 1994

The role of breast-feeding beyond postpartum amenorrhoea on the return of fertility in India: a life table and hazards model analysis

In: Journal of biosocial science: JBS, Volume 26, Issue 2, p. 191-206

Nath, Dilip C.; Land, Kenneth C.; Singh, Kaushalendra K.

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Abstract

SummaryThis paper investigates the effects of continued breast-feeding after resumption of menses on fertility, using data from two retrospective surveys in India and single decrement life table and multivariate time-dependent hazards analyses. Breast-feeding even after the return of menses is found to be associated with longer birth intervals. The interaction of breast-feeding duration after resumption of menses and postpartum amenorrhoea has a significant effect on the risk of conception after return of menses.

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English

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

ISSN: 1469-7599

DOI

10.1017/s0021932000021234

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