The role of breast-feeding beyond postpartum amenorrhoea on the return of fertility in India: a life table and hazards model analysis
Nath, D.C.; Land, K.C.; Singh, K.K.
Journal of Biosocial Science 26(2): 191-206
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9320 PMID: 8014176 DOI: 10.1017/s0021932000021234Document Number: 289678
The effects of continued breast-feeding after resumption of menses on fertility were investigated using data from two retrospective surveys in India and single decrement life table and multivariate time-dependent hazards analyses. Breast-feeding even after the return of menses is found to be associated with longer birth intervals. The interaction of breast-feeding duration after resumption of menses and postpartum amenorrhoea has a significant effect on the risk of conception after return of menses.