Data on Reasons for No or Short Breastfeeding: Are They Reliable and Do They Help Us Understand Infant Feeding Behaviour?

This paper uses unique data from the 1976-77 and 1988-89 Malaysian Family Life Surveys (MFLSs) to address two questions: 1) Are the reported reasons for not initiating breastfeeding or for stopping breastfeeding reliable based on indices of agreement...