'I decided to go back to work so I can afford to buy her formula': a longitudinal mixed-methods study to explore how women in informal work balance the competing demands of infant feeding and working to provide for their family

• Auteurs principaux: Silondile Luthuli (Auteur), Lyn Haskins (Auteur), Sphindile Mapumulo (Auteur), Nigel Rollins (Auteur), Christiane Horwood (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: BMC, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Abstract Background In South Africa almost 2 million women work informally. Informal work is characterised by poor job security, low earnings, and unsafe working conditions, with high rates of poverty and food insecurity. The peripartum period is a vulnerable time for many working women. This study...