determinants Sociodemographic and their impact on breastfeeding in Algeria through the two multiple-indicator cluster surveys (MICS3) and (MICS6) conducted in 2006 and 2019 using binary logistic regression.

Abstract

This document aims to reveal the extent of breastfeeding among women in Algeria, as the practice of breastfeeding is one of the most important reasons for preserving the health of the nursing mother and the infant. Years of breastfeeding and the extent of its variation in different groups that can be formed through some assumed social and demographic variables, following the comparative analytical approach, through the data of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS3) and (MICS6) completed in 2006 and 2019, respectively, relying on that The women's file on the one hand, and the method of binary logistic regression on the other hand, through the use of the SPSS program, in order to find out the extent to which these variables affect or not on the dependent variable, which is the women's desire to breastfeed at the expense of the lack of demand for it. Breastfeeding was affected by the geographical region and caesarean section in both surveys, and it was affected by the woman's age in the 2006 survey, and it was also affected by the educational level and work of the woman in the 2019 survey