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Socioeconomic Inequalities in Low Birth Weight in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia
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Objectives. To compare associations between socioeconomic status and low birth weight across the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, countries that share cultural features but differ in terms of public support and health care systems. Methods. Using nationally representative data from the United States (n = 8400), the United Kingdom (n = 12 018), Canada (n = 5350), and Australia (n = 3452) from the early 2000s, we calculated weighted prevalence rates and adjusted odds of low birth weight by income quintile and maternal education. Results. Socioeconomic gradients in low birth weight were apparent in all 4 countries, but the magnitudes and patterns differed across countries. A clear graded association between income quintile and low birth weight was apparent in the United States. The relevant distinction in the United Kingdom appeared to be between low, middle, and high incomes, and the distinction in Canada and Australia appeared to be between mothers in the lowest income quintile and higher-income mothers. Conclusions. Socioeconomic inequalities in low birth weight were larger in the United States than the other countries, suggesting that the more generous social safety nets and health care systems in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia played buffering roles.
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“There was significantly increased odds of LBW in lower income groups83 88”
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“There was significantly increased odds of LBW,83 SGA82 and IUGR84 for lower levels of education when studies used degree-level education as the comparison group (online supplemental appendix S11–table j);”
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“Martinson et al. found that the risk of LBW increased as family income fell (for bottom income quartile: OR = 2.37; 95%CI [1.80;3.11], OR = 1.78; CI95% [1.30;2.44] and OR = 2.11 95%CI [1.12;3.99]) in the US, UK, and Australia, respectively [57].”
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“Most studies investigating the effect of socioeconomic conditions (measured at the neighborhood level on birthweight) confirmed the existence of social and territorial health inequalities [32,39,43,51,53,57].”
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“Many studies have suggested an association between pregnancy outcomes and individual socioeconomic characteristics, such as maternal or paternal education level [33,38,42,47,52,55,57,58], maternal employment [29,58], socioeconomic status [26], low maternal income [55] and ethnicity [39,44].”
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- Authors
- Martinson, M. L., & Reichman, N. E.
- Affiliations
- Melissa L. Martinson is with the School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle. Nancy E. Reichman is with the Department of Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
- Venue
- American Journal of Public Health
- Publisher
- American Public Health Association
- Published
- 2016-04
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 748-754
- ISSN
- 0090-0036
- 1541-0048
- Cited by
- 111
- References
- 1
- Language
- en
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