ABSTRACT
A total of 358 post–partum women with neonates, some who breastfed (77.9%) and some who didn’t (21.5%), participated in the present study. The mean age of the subjects was 29.34 years (SD = 4.64; min = 15; max = 43). While the majority (77.9%) of women breastfed their infant at birth, 48.6% had stopped at 6 months and 70.0% stopped by 10 months. The number of months sisters breastfed, the interval of breastfeeding immediately post–partum, and the number of visits to the pediatrician in the first year of the infant’s life all were significantly different between the groups. A stepwise backward discriminant analysis revealed that correct group classification could be achieved at nearly 82% between groups who breastfed and those that didn’t.
