TY - JOUR AU - Beale, Norman AU - Kane, Gill AU - Gwynne, Mark AU - Peart, Carole AU - Taylor, Gordon AU - Herrick, David AU - Boyd, Andy AU - ALSPAC Study Team PY - 2006 DA - 2006/01/11 TI - Council tax valuation band predicts breast feeding and socio-economic status in the ALSPAC study population JO - BMC Public Health SP - 5 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Breast-feeding rates in the UK are known to vary by maternal socio-economic status but the latter function is imperfectly defined. We test if CTVB (Council Tax Valuation Band – a categorical assessment of UK property values and amenities governing local tax levies) of maternal address predicts, in a large UK regional sample of births, (a) breast-feeding (b) personal and socio-economic attributes of the mothers. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-5 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-6-5 ID - Beale2006 ER -