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Infants

Infancy—the period of life from birth to age 1—is associated with a unique set of public policy issues related to babies' health, development, and welfare. RAND's research on infants spans a wide range of topics for this brief but important period of life, including infant mortality, low birth weight, neonatal care, immunizations, breastfeeding and feeding practices, and cognitive development.

Research Brief

Infant Mortality and Economic Development

Infant mortality rates appear to depend more on the priorities of developing countries than on pure economic development. As additional factors are studied, efforts should be made to increase women’s education and improve public health conditions.

Jan 1, 1990
Journal Article

Does Breastfeeding Really Save Lives, or Are Apparent Benefits Due to Biases?

Analysis of mothers' recall data shows an association between breastfeeding up to 6 mo. and improved survival of infants through the first year.

Jan 1, 1986
Report

The Accuracy of Retrospective Data from the Malaysian Family Life Survey

Part of a series describing a sample survey and subsequent research on how economic and institutional factors influence birthspacing, family size, and breastfeeding in Malaysia.

Jan 1, 1986
Report

Evidence of a Reversal of the Breastfeeding Decline in Peninsular Malaysia

Data from the Malaysian Family Life Survey show an increase in the percentage of infants breastfed, at least initially, from 75 percent in the period from 1970 to 1974, to 79 percent in the period from 1975 to 1977.

Jan 1, 1986
Report

Medical History Questionnaire Series: Volume 4: Codebooks for Infants at Enrollment and Exit

The codebooks in this volume describe the contents of six data files from the Health Insurance Experiment, a large social experiment conducted by The RAND Corporation from 1974 to 1982 in six sites across the United States.

Jan 1, 1986
Report

The Choice of Milk Substitute or Supplementary food for Malaysian Infants: A Conditional Logistic Analysis

This Note analyzes trends and determinants of infant feeding choices in Peninsular Malaysia during the period 1950-1977, using retrospective data from the Malaysian Family Life Survey (MFLS).

Jan 1, 1985
Report

A Framework for Analyzing Infant Nutrition Policy in Malaysia

Considers policies to both protect and promote breastfeeding, and to encourage sound supplementary feeding of breastfed infants in Malaysia.

Jan 1, 1985
Research Brief

Supplementary Feeding in Early Infancy

Because Malaysia’s ethnic groups differ in infant feeding practices — including the use of breastfeeding versus weaning and the timing and type of supplementation — public health policies designed to improve infant feeding practices must be tailored.

Jan 1, 1985
Report

Biological and Behavioral Influences on the Mortality of Malaysian Infants

This study examines the determinants of infant mortality variations in Peninsular Malaysia.

Jan 1, 1982
Report

Infant feeding: three questions and a caveat

Three questions are addressed: (1) Why don't women who breastfeed little breastfeed more, and why don't some women breastfeed at all? (2) What do mothers feed their infants when infant formula is unavailable or they are unaware of its availability?...

Jan 1, 1981
Report

Physics and slavery: the relative cost of calories for slave infants and their mothers

Uses physics to analyze breast-feeding as part of an energy transfer process to demonstrate that the cost per calorie of suckling infants is greater than that of feeding adults. Takes exception to David's and Temin's criticism of [Time on the Cross] ...

Jan 1, 1979
Report

Influences on Fertility and Infant Mortality in Developing Countries: The Case of Malaysia

Sketches an alternative model which has been used to analyze breastfeeding, contraceptive use, birthspacing, and infant mortality using data from the Malaysian Family Life Survey.

Jan 1, 1978
Report

The Malaysian Family Life Survey: Summary Report

Part of a series describing a sample survey and subsequent research on how economic and institutional factors influence birthspacing, family size, and breastfeeding in Malaysia.

Jan 1, 1978
Report

Face Perception: A Review of Experiments with Infants, Normal Adults, and Brain-Injured Persons.

A chapter for the [Perception] volume of the [Handbook of Sensory Physiology], reviewing experimental literature relevant to the question of whether people recognize human faces differently from the method of recognizing other meaningful objects. Re...

Jan 1, 1975

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RAND Topic:
Infants

Topic Synonyms:
Babies;
Baby;
Infancy

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