Much research shows that breastfeeding provides short- and long-term health benefits for both mothers and their … children. However, few studies have yet investigated the factors which may promote or inhibit breastfeeding practices in Japan …. To fill this research gap, this paper uses data newly gathered in 2012 on breastfeeding initiation and duration for each …

This paper asks whether the availability of breastfeeding facilities at the workplace helps to reconcile breastfeeding … and breastfeeding and analyse its association with the availability of breastfeeding facilities. Our findings indicate … that the availability of breastfeeding facilities is associated with a higher probability of breastfeeding and a higher …