| The impact of maternal employment on breast-feeding duration in the UK Millennium Cohort Study. | |
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PMID: 17381907 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship of maternal employment characteristics, day care arrangements and the type of maternity leave pay to breast-feeding for at least 4 months. DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING: Babies aged 9 months in the Millennium Cohort Study, born between September 2000 and January 2002. SUBJECTS: A total of 6917 British/Irish white employed mothers with singleton babies. RESULTS: Mothers employed part-time or self-employed were more likely to breast-feed for at least 4 months than those employed full-time (adjusted rate ratio (aRR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.30 (1.17-1.44) and 1.74 (1.46-2.07), respectively). The longer a mother delayed her return to work postpartum, the more likely she was to breast-feed for at least 4 months (P for trend < 0.001). Mothers were less likely to breast-feed for at least 4 months if they returned to work for financial reasons (aRR 0.86, 95% CI 0.80-0.93) or used informal day care arrangements rather than care by themselves or their partner (aRR 0.81, 95% CI 0.71-0.91). Mothers were more likely to breastfeed for at least 4 months if their employer offered family-friendly (aRR 1.14, 95% CI 1.02-1.27) or flexible work arrangements (aRR 1.24, 95% CI 1.00-1.55), or they received Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) plus additional pay during their maternity leave rather than SMP alone (aRR 1.13, 95% CI 1.02-1.26). These findings were independent of confounding factors, such as socio-economic status and maternal education. CONCLUSIONS: Current policies may encourage mothers to enter or return to employment postpartum, but this may result in widening inequalities in breast-feeding and persistence of low rates. Policies should aim to increase financial support and incentives for employers to offer supportive work arrangements. |
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Authors:
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Summer Sherburne Hawkins; Lucy Jane Griffiths; Carol Dezateux; Catherine Law; |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2007-03-07 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Public health nutrition Volume: 10 ISSN: 1368-9800 ISO Abbreviation: Public Health Nutr Publication Date: 2007 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-08-09 Completed Date: 2007-10-23 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9808463 Medline TA: Public Health Nutr Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 891-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK. s.hawkins@ich.ucl.ac.uk |
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Adult Breast Feeding / epidemiology*, psychology, statistics & numerical data Child Day Care Centers / utilization* Cohort Studies Confidence Intervals Educational Status Employment / economics, statistics & numerical data* Female Great Britain / epidemiology Humans Infant Male Mothers / psychology Odds Ratio Parental Leave* Socioeconomic Factors Time Factors |
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