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Statistics on children, youth and families in Alaska from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Alaska Children's Trust
Definition and Source
PROVIDER
Definition
The percentage of parents of 3-year-olds born in Alaska who reported breastfeeding for at least six months by Alaska Public Health Region. These are 3-year averages.
Please select the statement that best describes how you fed your child.
- I never fed any breast milk to my child.
- I fed breast milk to my child for less than 1 month.
- I fed breast milk to my child for 1 month or more. > ___________
# of months
Please select the statement that best describes how you fed your child.
- I never fed any breast milk to my child.
- I fed breast milk to my child for less than 1 month.
- I fed breast milk to my child for 1 month or more. > ___________
# of months
Data Source
Alaska Childhood Understanding Behaviors Survey (CUBS) for 2009–2022, Alaska Division of Public Health's Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Unit. http://dhss.alaska.gov/dph/wcfh/Pages/mchepi/cubs/data.aspx
More data on this topic can be found using the Childhood Understanding Behaviors Survey Data Visualization Tool Version 1.5.4: Alaska Department of Health, Division of Public Health, Section of Women's, Children's, and Family Health; https://alaska-dph.shinyapps.io/CUBS/ accessed on: 2024-10-08.
More data on this topic can be found using the Childhood Understanding Behaviors Survey Data Visualization Tool Version 1.5.4: Alaska Department of Health, Division of Public Health, Section of Women's, Children's, and Family Health; https://alaska-dph.shinyapps.io/CUBS/ accessed on: 2024-10-08.
Notes
Breastfeeding indicators are calculated by year of child's birth rather than survey year.
Three years of data were combined to minimize the unreliability of measurement due to the small number of actual events. The reported values are averages across three years. For example, we report the average value across the years 2015, 2016, and 2017.
The percentages reported above have been produced by weighting the survey results so that estimates better represent the Alaska population.
Three years of data were combined to minimize the unreliability of measurement due to the small number of actual events. The reported values are averages across three years. For example, we report the average value across the years 2015, 2016, and 2017.
The percentages reported above have been produced by weighting the survey results so that estimates better represent the Alaska population.
Last Updated
October 2024