Climatic Conditions and Infant Care: Implications for Child Nutrition in Rural Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: We examine the relationships between climatic conditions, breastfeeding behavior, and maternal time use in Ethiopia. Infant feeding practices are important predictors of child nutrition that may be affected by a number of factors including mother's time engaging in agricultural labor, food security, cultural beliefs, and antenatal care. We use panel data from the Living Standards Measurement Study to investigate linkages between climatic conditions during a child's first year of life and year prior to birth and duration of exclusive breastfeeding. We then explore one potential mechanism: women's agricultural labor. Results indicate that rainfall during the primary agricultural season-kiremt-in a child's first year of life plays an important role in duration of exclusive breastfeeding. Expe

SUBMITTER: Randell H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8210853 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature