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Lack of Exclusive Breastfeeding among Working Mothers in Indonesia

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Continuity of breastfeeding process when mothers return to work is a serious issue that immediately must be followed up, so that exclusive breastfeeding program within the first six months can be achieved. Beside providing many benefits for babies, breastfeeding is also beneficial for mothers and entrepreneurs. This study aimed to determine relation of working mothers to exclusive breastfeeding. This study used was cross- sectional design with secondary data of Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey 2012 with samples as many as 1,193 mothers aged 15 – 49 years who had 0 – 5-month-old babies. Based on multivariate analysis, working mothers could decrease opportunity of exclusive breastfeeding in which mother who worked all the time were 1.54 times more likely not to give exclusive breastfeeding than mothers who did not work after controlled by maternal age at childbirth, household wealth index, and antenatal care frequency (p = 0.038; 95% CI = 1.0 to 2.3). Fulltime working mothers are twofold more likely to not be able to give exclusive breasfedding than unemployed mothers after being controlled by counfounder variable.

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Series Title

Kesmas, National Public Health Journal, Vol. 11, Issue 2, November 2016

Call Number

(05) 614 FAK k

Publisher

Depok : Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat UI., 2016

Collation

Hlm. 61-68

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

1907-7505

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(05) 614 FAK k

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Edition

Vol. 11, Issue 2

Subject(s)

Exclusive breastfeeding
Antenatal care frequency
household wealth index
maternal age at chilldbirth
working mothers

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