Childbearing and breast feeding in rural Bolivia - a household survey

Abstract:

Information was gathered during the last three months of 1977 on 605 households (98% participation) as part of a health survey in the Montero region of eastern Bolivia. The annual fertility rate was 278 per 1000 women aged 15-44 years, four times that in the USA during the same year. The average cost of 185 deliveries during the prior year was $10.31 (USA), 40% of which was for medication, 40% for fees, 3% for transportation, and 17% for other expenses. Nearly eight of every 10 deliveries occurred in the home. Among children less than one year of age, nearly all (97%) were currently being breast-fed. The median weaning age for those children less than six years old who had stopped breast-feeding was 12 months of age. The results of this survey are intended to aid the Bolivian government to more effectively plan for the delivery of rural health services.8-10 © 1981 Oxford University Press.

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1981

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