TY - JOUR
T1 - Estimation of births averted due to breast-feeding and increases in levels of contraception needed to substitute for breast-feeding
AU - Becker, Stan
AU - Rutstein, Shea
AU - Labbok, Miriam H.
PY - 2003/10
Y1 - 2003/10
N2 - After contraceptive use, breast-feeding duration is the major determinant of the birth interval length. Three methods of estimating births averted by breast-feeding, and the increase in contraceptive use needed to substitute for breast-feeding, are presented. Method 1 simply utilizes Bongaarts' C i, and the other two are based on mean birth intervals with and without breast-feeding. Estimates for each method are derived for six countries with DHS surveys from the mid-1990s: Burkina Faso, Uganda, India, Indonesia, Brazil and Peru. The estimated percentage of additional births that would occur if there were no breast-feeding ranged from 1-4% in Brazil to about 50% in Burkina Faso and Uganda, reflecting very low breast-feeding in Brazil and very high levels in the sub-Saharan African nations. Strengths and limitations of the three methods are considered.
AB - After contraceptive use, breast-feeding duration is the major determinant of the birth interval length. Three methods of estimating births averted by breast-feeding, and the increase in contraceptive use needed to substitute for breast-feeding, are presented. Method 1 simply utilizes Bongaarts' C i, and the other two are based on mean birth intervals with and without breast-feeding. Estimates for each method are derived for six countries with DHS surveys from the mid-1990s: Burkina Faso, Uganda, India, Indonesia, Brazil and Peru. The estimated percentage of additional births that would occur if there were no breast-feeding ranged from 1-4% in Brazil to about 50% in Burkina Faso and Uganda, reflecting very low breast-feeding in Brazil and very high levels in the sub-Saharan African nations. Strengths and limitations of the three methods are considered.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0021932003005996
DO - 10.1017/S0021932003005996
M3 - Article
C2 - 14621252
AN - SCOPUS:0142120154
SN - 0021-9320
VL - 35
SP - 559
EP - 574
JO - Journal of Biosocial Science
JF - Journal of Biosocial Science
IS - 4
ER -