The Determinants of Breastfeeding for Mexican Migrant Women
Author: de la Torre, Adela
Date Published: 1987
This paper develops an economic model for assessing Mexican agricultural migrants decision to breastfeed. The resulting hypotheses from our model are linked to health care and welfare program access, cultural factors, and employment. Using a profit analysis of our variables, a major finding is that non-traditional practices such as out of home childcare, birth control, and alcohol use have a negative impact on the probability of breastfeeding. We also found that working women in our sample populations are less likely to breastfeed.
Date Published: 1987
This paper develops an economic model for assessing Mexican agricultural migrants decision to breastfeed. The resulting hypotheses from our model are linked to health care and welfare program access, cultural factors, and employment. Using a profit analysis of our variables, a major finding is that non-traditional practices such as out of home childcare, birth control, and alcohol use have a negative impact on the probability of breastfeeding. We also found that working women in our sample populations are less likely to breastfeed.
