Does social policy work (and how)? An examination of social policy influences on breastfeeding initiation and duration among European mothers

This study examines how European welfare state arrangements and social policies may influence the association between breastfeeding and the social status of women within society. We include different social policy types: welfare regimes, maternity leaves, BFHs and the International Code. Specifically we test following inter-related hypotheses: (1) that social policies help predict related infant feeding outcomes, (2) that initiation and duration...