SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC-FACTORS RELATED TO BREAST-FEEDING DURATIONS IN TANZANIA

Some social and economic factors related to breast-feeding durations i n Tanzania are analysed using current status data taken from the 1991- 92 Tanzanian Demographic and Health Survey. Proportional hazards and p roportional odds models are estimated. The results show that breastfee ding durations vary according to the region of residence of the mother and child (and whether they are living in a rural or an urban area), the age of the mother at the time of the birth, the order of the birth , and the mother's religion.