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Son preference and its effects on Korean lactation practices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Roger J. Nemeth  and
J. Michael Bowling
Roger J. Nemeth
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, USA.
J. Michael Bowling
Affiliation:
State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
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Summary

Using retrospective data from Korea, multi-variate log-linear analyses indicate that the sex of a child influences the probability of it being breast-fed. Even for women with a living son, there are greater than average odds that they will not breast-feed an infant girl. The sex of the child did not, however, influence the number of months he/she was breast-fed.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 451 - 459
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Copyright © 1985, Cambridge University Press

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