Assessing the income consequences of breastfeeding for women : a controversial case using linear growth modelling /
Due to the fact that most breastfeeding research has been carried out by those in the natural and health sciences, the literature has emphasized the health benefits of breastfeeding for babies and how to persuade women to do it. Far less research has come from sociologists and rarely has it examined...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Los Angeles, California] :
SAGE,
2014.
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| Series: | SAGE research methods. Cases.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Due to the fact that most breastfeeding research has been carried out by those in the natural and health sciences, the literature has emphasized the health benefits of breastfeeding for babies and how to persuade women to do it. Far less research has come from sociologists and rarely has it examined potential costs of breastfeeding for some women. After struggling to juggle breastfeeding and working, the author began researching the socio-economic implications of infant feeding for women's lives. Using linear growth models with the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth in the United States to assess whether there are differences in the trajectories of women's earnings over time depending on whether the women breastfed for a long duration, a short duration or not at all. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781473948402 1473948401 |