Breastfeeding rates in England during the Covid-19 pandemic and the previous decade: Analysis of national surveys and routine data

• Maria A. Quigley ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: maria.quigley@npeu.ox.ac.uk

  Affiliation NIHR Policy Research Unit in Maternal and Neonatal Health and Care, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8058-6181

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• Sian Harrison,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NIHR Policy Research Unit in Maternal and Neonatal Health and Care, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4186-4169

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• Ilana Levene,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Jenny McLeish,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NIHR Policy Research Unit in Maternal and Neonatal Health and Care, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Phyll Buchanan,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Breastfeeding Supporter, The Breastfeeding Network, Paisley, United Kingdom

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• Fiona Alderdice

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NIHR Policy Research Unit in Maternal and Neonatal Health and Care, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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