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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Effects of lactation and contraceptive use on birth-spacing in Bolivia.

AUTHORS

Forste R

SOURCE

SOCIAL BIOLOGY. 1995 Spring-Summer;42(1-2):108-23.

ABSTRACT

This study examines the joint effects of breast feeding and contraceptive use on birth spacing in Bolivia during 1984-

88. Data are obtained from the 1989 Bolivian Demographic and Health Survey conducted on a sample of 7923

women aged 15-49 years. The fertility model gives an estimate of the effects of contraceptive method chosen and

lactation patterns on the likelihood of another conception following the birth of the index child in separate models by

parity. Controls are included for demographic, family background, and community environmental factors. Stopping of

breast feeding significantly increased the likelihood of another conception for second and higher order births.

Breast-fed first-born infants did not affect the likelihood of a second conception. All use of contraception reduced

the likelihood of a conception for all parities. Use of the IUD had the greatest contraceptive effect on the likelihood of

a next birth for all parities. The likelihood of a conception was 6-7 times lower among women using an IUD

following a third and lower-parity birth compared to women who used no contraception. For IUD-using women with

four or more children the likelihood of a next birth was 40 times less likely compared to noncontraceptors. Sex of the

index child was found to be unrelated to the likelihood of a subsequent birth. Older mothers, particularly women with

high parity births, were less likely to have a subsequent conception. Higher education (9 or more years) lowered the

odds of a next birth, but the effects of education decreased with the inclusion of contraceptive patterns in the model.

Mothers working for pay were 1.3 times less likely to have a next birth at all parities compared to other women.

Women married to men with no schooling were 1.4-2.0 times less likely to have a next birth compared to women with

partners with some schooling. Living in Altiplano and Valles regions lowered the odds of conception by 1.3 times.

Ethnicity and urbanization affected the likelihood of a next birth. The negative effect of poverty on conception was

found to be exacerbated by multiple pregnancies. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2567-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Effects of lactation and contraceptive use on birth-spacing

in Bolivia.", is(are) Forste R. The source of this article is "SOCIAL BIOLOGY. 1995 Spring-Summer;42(1-2):108-23.".

This article was published in 1995 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2567-06. All

rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7567

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