Maternal employment during the early postpartum period: effects on initiation and continuation of breast-feeding

This study sought to determine whether and to what extent maternal employment in the early postpartum period is associated with the initiation and continuation of breast-feeding in a heterogeneous, urban population. A panel of women were interviewed twice during the first 3 months postpartum. In ana...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1991-03, Vol.87 (3), p.298-305
Main Authors: Gielen, A.C. (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD), Faden, R.R, O'Campo, P, Brown, C.H, Paige, D.M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
ADULTE
ADULTOS
African Americans
ALIMENTACION INFANTIL
ALIMENTATION AU SEIN
ALIMENTATION DU NOURRISSON
Biological and medical sciences
Breast Feeding
COMPORTAMIENTO MATERNAL
COMPORTEMENT MATERNEL
CONDICIONES DE TRABAJO
CONDITION DE TRAVAIL
DURACION
DURACION DE LA LACTANCIA
DUREE
DUREE DE LA LACTATION
EDUCACION
EDUCATION
Educational Status
EMPLEO
EMPLOI
Employment
European Continental Ancestry Group
Female
FEMME
Food and nutrition
GROUPE ETHNIQUE
GRUPOS ETNICOS
Humans
LACTANCIA MATERNA
MAIN D'OEUVRE FEMININE
Management
MANO DE OBRA FEMENINA
MARYLAND
Medical sciences
Mother and infant
Mother-infant relations
MUJERES
Planning
Postpartum Period - ethnology
Prospective Studies
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
PUERPERIO
PUERPERIUM
Regression Analysis
Working mothers
ZONAS URBANAS
ZONE URBAINE
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Summary:This study sought to determine whether and to what extent maternal employment in the early postpartum period is associated with the initiation and continuation of breast-feeding in a heterogeneous, urban population. A panel of women were interviewed twice during the first 3 months postpartum. In analyses adjusted for maternal demographic characteristics, there was no association between planning to be employed within the first 6 months postpartum and initiation of breast-feeding. However, actually being employed was significantly associated with cessation of breast-feeding as early as 2 or 3 months postpartum, even after adjustment for maternal demographic variables. Less than one half of mothers who were employed were still breast-feeding at the second postpartum interview, whereas two thirds of those who were not employed were still breast-feeding. Among employed mothers, working no more than 20 hours per week appeared to be protective for continued breast-feeding
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.87.3.298