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Title: Does Returning to Work After Childbirth Affect Breastfeeding Practices?
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1. Chatterji, Pinka
Frick, Kevin D.
Does Returning to Work After Childbirth Affect Breastfeeding Practices?
Review of Economics of the Household, 3, 3 (September 2005): 315-335.
Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/k713823u340146np/
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Springer
Keyword(s): Breastfeeding; Maternal Employment; Modeling, Probit; Siblings; Work History

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This study examines the effect of the timing and intensity of returning to work after childbirth on the probability of initiating breastfeeding and the number of weeks of breastfeeding. Data come from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79). Baseline probit models and family-level fixed effects models indicate that returning to work within 3 months is associated with a reduction in the probability that the mother will initiate breastfeeding by 1618%. Among those mothers who initiate breastfeeding, returning to work within 3 months is associated with a reduction in the length of breastfeeding of 45 weeks. We find less consistent evidence that working at least 35 h per week (among mothers who return to work within 3 months) detracts from breastfeeding. Future research is needed on understanding how employers can design policies and workplaces that support breastfeeding.
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Chatterji, Pinka and Kevin D. Frick. "Does Returning to Work After Childbirth Affect Breastfeeding Practices? ." Review of Economics of the Household, 3, 3 (September 2005): 315-335.