Violent conflict and breastfeeding: the case of Iraq

Table 5 Breastfeeding status, including controls for household wealth (2011 only)

VARIABLES	Ever breastfed	Breastfed one hour after birth	Exclusively breastfeeding (< 6 months)	Currently breastfeeding (all ages)	Currently breastfeeding (< 6 months)	Currently breastfeeding (6–24 months)
Average casualty rate	−0.429**	− 0.260	− 0.663	− 0.420***	−0.515**	− 0.434***
	(0.206)	(0.501)	(0.495)	(0.0955)	(0.221)	(0.115)
	[−0.0544]	[−0.103]	[− 0.179]	[− 0.152]	[−0.0927]	[− 0.170]
Wealth
Quintile 1	−0.0480	0.190*	0.0227	0.102*	0.121	0.137**
	(0.0837)	(0.0987)	(0.140)	(0.0539)	(0.107)	(0.0594)
	[−0.00615]	[0.0752]	[0.00616]	[0.0365]	[0.0213]	[0.0533]
Quintile 2	0.0177	0.0590	0.150	0.0847	0.109	0.0738
	(0.0863)	(0.0668)	(0.118)	(0.0532)	(0.109)	(0.0503)
	[0.00223]	[0.0234]	[0.0419]	[0.0302]	[0.0189]	[0.0288]
Quintile 3	0.00291	0.0325	0.0334	0.0105	0.00765	0.0237
	(0.0885)	(0.0858)	(0.119)	(0.0396)	(0.0800)	(0.0447)
	[0.000368]	[0.0129]	[0.00912]	[0.00377]	[0.00137]	[0.00926]
Quintile 4	0.0364	−0.0434	0.0356	−0.00290	0.0272	− 0.0213
	(0.0618)	(0.0426)	(0.122)	(0.0542)	(0.109)	(0.0469)
	[0.00453]	[−0.0171]	[0.00973]	[−0.00105]	[0.00483]	[−0.00835]
Other controls
Health	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Individual / Household	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Regional	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Constant	2.019***	0.276	−0.732***	0.999***	1.588***	0.394**
Constant	(0.126)	(0.169)	(0.279)	(0.112)	(0.330)	(0.157)
Observations	12,653	11,646	3437	11,525	3437	8093

Robust standard errors in parentheses, clustered at level of governorate. Marginal effects in brackets, evaluated at the mean. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1. All regressions use the same set of controls as in Table 3. Highest wealth quintile omitted

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