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Fla. 133. Breast Feeding for One Month or Longer of Infants Dying in Two Postneonatal Periods in
13 Latin American Projects.
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tained; second, mass education of future
mothers is advisable, to impress upon them
the invaluabe role of human milk in ensuring
the survival and health of their infants;
and third, if breast feeding is impossible
because of insufficient milk in a inalnourished
mother, food supplementation for that
mother is advisable; or if breast feeding is
impossible for another reason, high-quality
nutrients should be provided to the infant.
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
Improvement in socioeconomic status as
measured by mother's educational level appeared
to have a detrimental effect on breast
feeding in some of the projects (Table 160).
Mothers with secondary or university education
breast fed lower or slightly lower
proportions of the deceased infants in all
projects (except San Juan Province) than
did mothers with no education. In many of
the projects, however, the numbers of mothers
with secondary or university education
were small and thus the corresponding differences
in breast feeding were not significant.
The three projects in Brazil and the one
in El Salvador had the lowest percentages
of deceased infants breast fed for one month
or longer. When these four projects are
combined the percentages are as follows by
education of mother:
Percent breastfed
Educationof mother one month or longer
Secondary or university 24.1
Primary, 3 years and more 33.8
Primary, I and 2 years 38.3
None 35.8
For the group of mothers with secondary or
university education in these projects, only
24.1 per cent of the infants dying in the
postneonatal period had been breast fed for
one month or longer, while for mothers with