Reliability of reasons for early termination of breastfeeding

Although extensively collected, data on people's reasons for their behaviour provided retrospectively have been met with some scepticism on the grounds that they may be subject to biases and errors that jeopardize their usefulness. This study investigates, for a sample of 1,327 births, the reliability with which women in Peninsular Malaysia recalled, at intervals 12 years apart, reasons for not initiating or for stopping breastfeeding less than 3 months after a birth. Overall, we find low to moderate reliability of recall. Levels of reliability are relatively high for some reasons (the child died and no or insufficient milk) but low for some others (child ill, breastfeeding inconvenient). Results from selection models show that reliability does not vary with the length of time since the child's birth but is inversely related to socio-economic status (proxied by education and employment). Social status, social norms, and health-related factors appear to be significant influences on women's consistency of reporting

Bivariate analysis · Breastfeeding · Consistency (knowledge bases) · Recall · Reliability (semiconductor) · Sample (material) · Selection (genetic algorithm) · Sociology · Statistics · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Computer Science · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Global Maternal and Child Health · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Pediatrics

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