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Using Logistic Regression to Describe the Length of Breastfeeding: A Study in Guadalajara, Mexico

Guillermo J. Gonzalez-Perez, PhD

Center for Health, Population and Human Development Studies at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico; Medrano 316. Sector Reforma. CP 44450, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

Maria G. Vega-Lopez, MPH, PhD

Carlos Cabrera-Pivaral, MPH

University of Guadalajara, Mexico

This study seeks, through a logistic regression model, to describe the pattern of breastfeeding duration in Guadalajara, Mexico, during 1993. A multistage random sample of children under 1 year of age (n=1036) was studied; observational data regarding breastfeeding duration, obtained through a "status quo" procedure, were compared with prevalence rates obtained from the logistic regression model. Modeling the duration of breastfeeding during the first year of life rather than only analyzing observational data helps researchers to understand this process in a dynamic and quantitative way. For example, uncommon indicators of breastfeeding were derived from the model. These indicators are impossible to obtain from observational data. The prevalence curve estimated through the logistic model was adequately fitted to observed data: there were no significant differences between the number or distribution of breastfed infants observed and those predicted by the model. Moreover, the model revealed that less than 40% of the children were breastfed in the fourth month of life; the median age for weaning was 39.3 days; 55% of the potential breastfeeding in the first 4 months did not occur; and the greatest abandonment of breastfeeding in the first 4 months was observed in the first 60 days. Thus, logistic regression seems a suitable option to construct a population-based model that describes breastfeeding duration during the first year of life. The indicators derived from the model offer health care providers valuable information for developing programs that promote breastfeeding.

Key Words: breastfeeding • breastfeeding duration • logistic regression • Mexico

Journal of Human Lactation, Vol. 14, No. 4, 297-303 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/089033449801400413
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