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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2013 Nov 7;100:148–158. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.10.034

Table 6.

Summary of findings across four dimensions of breastfeeding (BF=breastfeeding, CF=complementary feeding). 0=Variable did not significantly predict outcome; - = Variable significantly predicted outcome, not in predicted direction; + = variable significantly predicted outcome, in predicted direction.

Variable Reported BF Initiation Reported CF Introduction Weaning Age BFfrequency
1: Distance − 0 0 −
2: Region − − 0 −
3: Mother's age 0 0 0 +*
*

Maternal age was marginally significant after controlling for parity-for-age.