Research Article Breastfeeding Duration: A Survival Analysis—Data from a Regional Immunization Survey

Copyright © 2014 E. Robert et al.This is an open access article distributed under theCreative CommonsAttribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective. To report the duration of and factors associated with exclusive and any breastfeeding among the French-speaking community of Belgium (Wallonia).Material and Methods. A two-stage cluster sample was drawn from the population of children aged 18–24 months living in the area in 2012. Anamnestic data on breastfeeding and sociodemographic information were collected from 525 mothers. Cox’s proportional hazards model was used to identify factors associated with discontinuing breastfeeding. Results and Discussion. Only 35.1 % of the women were satisfied with their duration of any breastfeeding. At 3 months, 54.1 % of the infants were breastfed, of which 40.6 % exclusively, with these percentages falling to 29.1 % and 12.6 % at 6 months. Exclusive and any breastfeeding durations were independently positively associated