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Breastfeeding Causes Greater Social Mobility
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
If there was ever a reason to breastfeed your baby (besides the natural health benefits) it's this: greater social mobility in adult life.A study out of the UK (the study results are based on 1414 people in their 60s and 70s, for whom information on breastfeeding in infancy and changes in social class was available) says that people "who had been breastfed as babies were 41% more likely to move up the social ladder as adults than those who had been bottle fed."
The longer a child was breastfed, the greater were their chances of upward mobility, the results showed.Click here to view the paper in full: http://press.psprings.co.uk/adc/february/ac105494.pdf
The findings held true even after taking account of other factors likely to influence the results.
The authors suggest that the findings might be explained by the potential benefits of breastfeeding confers on brain development, which might then lead to better exam and job prospects, and greater earning potential.
But other as yet unknown social and economic factors associated with breastfeeding may explain the findings, they say.
Breastfeeding may also improve long term health, which is associated socioeconomic factors.
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