Why mothers stop breastfeeding: mothers' self-reported reasons for stopping during the first year
R Li, SB Fein, J Chen, LM Grummer-Strawn�- Pediatrics, 2008 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES. Our goal was to determine why women stop breastfeeding at various times
during their infant's first year. METHODS. We analyzed self-reported data from 1323 mothers
who participated in the Infant Feeding Practice Study II. Mail questionnaires were sent to
mothers∼ 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10�, and 12 months after their child's birth, in which they were
asked to rate the importance of 32 reasons for their decision to stop breastfeeding. We
applied exploratory factorial analysis to extract meaningful constructs of mothers' responses�…
during their infant's first year. METHODS. We analyzed self-reported data from 1323 mothers
who participated in the Infant Feeding Practice Study II. Mail questionnaires were sent to
mothers∼ 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10�, and 12 months after their child's birth, in which they were
asked to rate the importance of 32 reasons for their decision to stop breastfeeding. We
applied exploratory factorial analysis to extract meaningful constructs of mothers' responses�…