title: Influence of mother's occupation and education on breast-feeding and weaning in infants and children in Makurdi, Nigeria.
abstract: The influence of Mother's Occupation and education on breastfeeding and weaning in infants and children in Makurdi was investigated. A pre-tested and validated standard questionnaire was used to collect data from 100 healthy randomly-selected mothers who regularly visited the post-natal health clinics in Makurdi. The result showed that occupation and education influenced the frequency and duration of breastfeeding, in addition to the nutritional quality and the type of weaning food fed.
authors.affiliation: College of Food Technology, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria.
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Igbedioh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003906:Developing Countries; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014886:Weaning; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology*