The role of breast-feeding beyond postpartum amenorrhoea on the return of fertility in India: a life table and hazards model analysis.
This 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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Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
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D000328:Adult; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000503:physiopathology; D001721:Birth Intervals; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000502:physiology*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015993:Life Tables; D008297:Male; D008423:Maternal Age; D008598:Menstruation / Q000502:physiology; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000502:physiology*; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors