ANALISIS POLA DAN FAKTOR LAMA PEMBERIAN AIR SUSU IBU (ASI) TAHUN 2013

Breastfeeding is a primary health efforts to obtain qualified human resources. Longer breastfeeding duration has made better quality time between mother and child. It also has been proven to have positive impact on the survival of infants and children. Babies who are breastfed immediately after birth will have higher immunity thus more resistant to disease threats. Breastfeeding is a tradition passed down through generations which are now starting to be threatened as a result of modernization. This analysis aims to provide the current information about achievement of breastfeeding in Indonesia over the last 3 years and the factors that influence it. This is a further analysis of Riskesdas 2010 and 2013 that used cross-sectional design analysis. The unit of analysis is the household members aged 0-23 months (under two years old children). The result showed that the highest percentage of the longer breastfeeding is at 0-5month period amounted to 38.9% (instead of exclusive breastfeeding duration). Based on the test result of multinomial logistic regression, factors that significantly influence are giving complementary food before 6 months, use of bottle/pacifier/”kempeng” before 6 months, the number of children in the household, maternal educational status, economic status, place of residence, and place of delivery, with assuming other factors were constant