TY - RPRT AU - Haggerty, Patricia A. AU - Rutstein, Shea O. CY - Calverton, Maryland, USA TI - Breastfeeding and complementary infant feeding/postpartum effects T2 - DHS Comparative Studies No. 30 PB - Macro International PY - 1999 UR - http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/CS30/CS30.pdf AB - This report is a descriptive analysis of breastfeeding, complementary infant feeding, and the postpartum effects of breastfeeding and is based on data collected in 37 nationally representative Demographic and Health Surveys. Data in the analyses are from more than one quarter of a million children under the age of five years. N1 - For assistance using downloaded citations from The DHS Program, please visit http://dhsprogram.com/publications/Citing-DHS-Publications.cfm. The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) is a 13-year project to assist government and private agencies in developing countries to conduct national sample surveys on population and maternal and child health. Funded primarily by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), DHS is administered by Macro International Inc. in Calverton, Maryland, USA. ER -