title: Feeding patterns of Mexican infants recorded in the 1988 National Nutrition Survey.
abstract: Infant feeding patterns in Mexico were analyzed using data from the 1988 National Nutrition Survey. The prevalence of breast-feeding among infants declined from 86% at birth to approximately 40% after three months of age. The hazard rate of terminating breast-feeding increased by 38% at the national level and by 87% in the northern region with each increment in household living conditions, decreased 50% in rural municipalities in the south and decreased by 20% in all regions for each month that the introduction of other milks was delayed. The rate of other milk introduction increased by between 16% and 20% at the national level and within the central and southern regions with each household living condition increment but decreased by between 20 to 30% within indigenous or rural. Finally, the probability of solid food introduction increased by between 8 and 15% with each household living condition increment.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Salud Pública (CISP), Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP), México.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Long-Dunlap
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rivera-Dommarco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivera-Pasquel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernández-Avila
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lezana
mesh_terms: D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008800:Mexico; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D016017:Odds Ratio; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014886:Weaning