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State paid family leave policies and breastfeeding duration: cross-sectional analysis of 2021 national immunization survey-child
Originally published 2024-05-26 · International Breastfeeding Journal
BMC · DOI 10.1186/s13006-024-00646-9 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Relates state paid-family-leave policies to exclusive and mixed breastfeeding, giving employers a concrete reason to examine income-protected time without treating associations as guarantees.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
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Does paid leave make it easier for families to follow their own feeding plans?
Relates state paid-family-leave policies to exclusive and mixed breastfeeding, giving employers a concrete reason to examine income-protected time without treating associations as guarantees.
Study context
35,995 respondents to the 2021 US National Immunization Survey–Child.
Age / stage: Infants and their caregivers.
Read with three questions
- How did the study distinguish exclusive, late-mixed and early-mixed feeding?
- Were all breastfeeding-inclusive regimens more prevalent in paid-leave states?
- Which state and family differences could remain after statistical adjustment?
Keep the limits in view
Residence in a paid-leave state is not the same as individual eligibility or leave use; cross-sectional associations do not establish causation or prescribe feeding choices.
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Julia Rosenberg; Deanna Nardella; Veronika Shabanova (2024). State paid family leave policies and breastfeeding duration: cross-sectional analysis of 2021 national immunization survey-child International Breastfeeding Journal. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-024-00646-9
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