Breastfeeding and use of the health care system in Bahia State, Brazil: three multivariate analyses.
Three multivariate methods--deviation from total proportion breastfeeding, polynomial regression, and proportional hazards--are used on current status breastfeeding data to explain an inverse relationship between use of the health care system and breastfeeding in Bahia State, Brazil. Among the intervening variables analyzed--urban/rural residence, educational attainment, age of woman, and place of last live birth--education and place of last live birth are found to have a net effect on breastfeeding by all three methods of analysis. The advantages and disadvantages of each method are described.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D001942:Breast Feeding; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012424:Rural Population; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013997:Time Factors; D014505:Urban Population