title: Breastfeeding, smoking and the presence of the child's father in the household.
abstract: The breastfeeding practice of 312 mothers attending mother and child health centres in Oslo, Norway, was measured using self-administered questionnaires. Having started with supplements at 3 months postpartum was related to having a spouse/cohabitant, smoking, and having only one child (logistic regression with civil state, age, education, smoking, number of children, social support, smoking x civil state, and education x civil state as independent variables). The frequency of having started with supplements increased with increasing maternal cigarette consumption. Among non-smoking, married/cohabiting mothers, the frequency of having started with supplements at 3 months postpartum was 41% if the spouse/cohabitant smoked, compared with 18% if he did not smoke (p < 0.01).
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, University of Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Eriksen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D012907:Smoking; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors