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Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
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The duration of breast-feeding. A longitudinal prospective study in Denmark

Vibeke Vestermark

Vibeke Vestermark Sortedam Dossering 63B DK-2100 København ø Denmark

Claus K. Høgdall

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Central Hospital in Hillerød, Hillerød, Denmark

Grete Plenov

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Central Hospital in Hillerød, Hillerød, Denmark

Michael Birch

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Central Hospital in Hillerød, Hillerød, Denmark

Kim Toftager-Larsen

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Central Hospital in Hillerød, Hillerød, Denmark

A longitudinal prospective study was performed to investigate the total duration of breast-feeding. Three hundred and sixty-six mothers were followed-up until 3 years after delivery. At 1 month 93% were breast-feeding, at 3 months 73%, at 6 months 52%, at 1 year 20% and 1% breast-fed more than 3 years. Correlations were found between duration of breast-feeding and maternal age, education and social class. Mothers who had breast-fed an older child usually breast-fed the next child for a period of similar length. Solid food was most frequently introduced when the infants were 4 months old. At 6 months 4% were still exclusively breast-fed. Breast-feeding has become popular: only 1% did not want to breast-feed at all and 89% of mothers intended to breast-feed their children for 6 months or more. Even though the mothers now breast-feed longer than earlier, only 39% succeeded in breast-feeding for as long as or longer than they had intended.

Key Words: Breast-feeding.

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 19, No. 2, 105-109 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/140349489101900205
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