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Descriptive Results
Pages 31-37

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... In Costa Rica, 77 percent reported breastfeeding in the last closed birth interval and 81 percent in the open interval Women who breastfed in one interval are likely to do so in the next: in Colombia, 95 percent of women who reported breastfeeding in the closed interval also reported breastfeeding in the open interval; in Costa 31 .
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... Even so, behavior in the closed interest is quite a good predictor of behavior in the open interval: in Colombia, 86 percent of when who used in the closed also used in the open; in Costa Rica, 91 percent did so. SURVIVOR FUNCTIONS FOR BIRTH INTERVALS, DURATION OF BREASTFE~DING, AND DURATION OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE The survivor function was formally defined earlier: for birth intervals, at any time t after the last birth, it
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From page 33...
... Both show relatively sharp drops at 12, 18, and 24 months, probably reflecting a combination of digit preference and actual behavior resulting from social norms dictating how long a child ought to be breastfed. for Colombia lies above that for Costa Rica, except for very long durations.
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... .~: on O' . 9 50.75 92.5 ~ O N ~ ~ 5 131.25 176 FIGURE 3 Survivor Functions for Time to Next Live-Birth Co nception
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... 5 .~ 27 HO. 5 O ~ 1 ~ S 5q F IGURE 4 Survivor Functions for Duration of Breastfeeding
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... .N 'A "A ' 01 24 M O N ~ ~ 5 CONIR9CERT 10~. COSTR R ICR - RLL WoMEN 23.75 97.5 71.25 ~ O N ~ ~ 5 FIGURE 5 Survivor Functions for Duration of Co ntracepti~,e Use g6 ss
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... 5.7 3.0 5.6 3.1 births surviving to age one .94 .24 .95 .22 coitus independent contracept ton in a birth interval .21 .41 .24 .43 co i t us dependent contraception in a birth interval .20 .40 .32 .47 b irths surviving t 0 age one among children who are bread t fed .97 .
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