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The role of breast-feeding beyond postpartum amenorrhoea on the return of fertility in India: a life table and hazards model analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Dilip C. Nath
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Kenneth C. Land
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Kaushalendra K. Singh
Affiliation:
Centre of Population Studies, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

Summary

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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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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