The Association of Couples' Relationship Status and Quality with Breastfeeding Initiation

Autor/inn/en	Gibson-Davis, Christina M.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne
Titel	The Association of Couples' Relationship Status and Quality with Breastfeeding Initiation
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 69 (2007) 5, S.1107-1117 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00435.x
Schlagwörter	Race; Unwed Mothers; Well Being; Pregnancy; Infants; Nutrition; Surveys; Ethnicity; Interpersonal Relationship; Intimacy; Marital Status; Correlation; Marital Satisfaction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rasse; Abstammung; Unverheiratete Mutter; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Schwangerschaft; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Ernährung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Ethnizität; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Intimität; Familienstand; Korrelation
Abstract	Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Survey (N= 3,567), we examine the links between relationship status, relationship quality, and race and ethnicity in breastfeeding initiation. We consider four relationship types: married, cohabiting, romantically involved but not cohabiting (termed visiting), and nonromantically involved mothers. We find that even after adjusting for a wide range of sociodemographic factors, married mothers were more likely to breastfeed than unmarried mothers and that racial and ethnic differences in breastfeeding do not result from differences in marriage rates. Among unwed mothers, paternal provision of money or other assistance during pregnancy decreases the likelihood of breastfeeding. We conclude that relationship status, above and beyond demographic characteristics, is an important correlate of breastfeeding. (Contains 3 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10