Breast feeding and intergenerational social mobility: what are the mechanisms?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between breast feeding and intergenerational social mobility and the possible mediating role of neurological and stress mechanisms.

Design

Secondary analysis of data from the 1958 and the 1970 British Cohort Studies.

Setting

Longitudinal study of individuals born in Britain during 1 week in 1958 and 1970.

Participants

17 419 individuals participated in the 1958 cohort and 16 771 in the 1970 cohort. The effect of breast feeding on intergenerational social mobility from age 10/11 to age 33/34 was analysed after multiple imputations to fill in missing data and propensity score matching on a wide range of confounders measured in childhood (1958 cohort N=16 039-16 154; 1970 cohort N=16 255-16 361).

Main outcome measures

SUBMITTER: Sacker A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3756446 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature