Inequalities at birth: stable socioeconomic differences in birth outcomes in three British cohorts
Abstract In this article, I investigate the association between maternal socioeconomic status (SES) and children’s birth outcomes (birth weight) across three different birth cohorts. I also perform mediation analysis to assess the degree to which maternal smoking habits during pregnancy account for...
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| description | Abstract In this article, I investigate the association between maternal socioeconomic status (SES) and children’s birth outcomes (birth weight) across three different birth cohorts. I also perform mediation analysis to assess the degree to which maternal smoking habits during pregnancy account for this relationship. I draw from three UK cohort studies: the 1958 National Child Developmental Study (NCDS); the 1970 British Cohort (B70); and the 2001 Millennium Cohort study (MCS). There are two main results. First, low-SES mothers are more likely to have children with poor birth outcomes and this association has remained persistent throughout the last 50 years. Second, smoking explains a large part of this association, but only in the two most recent cohorts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dbcdd0ce5dc54dd2841092b2e3b0e9cc2023-07-16T11:12:02ZengSpringerOpenGenus2035-55562023-07-0179111810.1186/s41118-023-00191-zInequalities at birth: stable socioeconomic differences in birth outcomes in three British cohortsMarco Cozzani0University of FlorenceAbstract In this article, I investigate the association between maternal socioeconomic status (SES) and children’s birth outcomes (birth weight) across three different birth cohorts. I also perform mediation analysis to assess the degree to which maternal smoking habits during pregnancy account for this relationship. I draw from three UK cohort studies: the 1958 National Child Developmental Study (NCDS); the 1970 British Cohort (B70); and the 2001 Millennium Cohort study (MCS). There are two main results. First, low-SES mothers are more likely to have children with poor birth outcomes and this association has remained persistent throughout the last 50 years. Second, smoking explains a large part of this association, but only in the two most recent cohorts.https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-023-00191-zBirth outcomesInequalitiesBritish cohortsCohort studyLow birth weight |
| spellingShingle | Marco Cozzani Inequalities at birth: stable socioeconomic differences in birth outcomes in three British cohorts Genus Birth outcomes Inequalities British cohorts Cohort study Low birth weight |
| title | Inequalities at birth: stable socioeconomic differences in birth outcomes in three British cohorts |
| title_full | Inequalities at birth: stable socioeconomic differences in birth outcomes in three British cohorts |
| title_fullStr | Inequalities at birth: stable socioeconomic differences in birth outcomes in three British cohorts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inequalities at birth: stable socioeconomic differences in birth outcomes in three British cohorts |
| title_short | Inequalities at birth: stable socioeconomic differences in birth outcomes in three British cohorts |
| title_sort | inequalities at birth stable socioeconomic differences in birth outcomes in three british cohorts |
| topic | Birth outcomes Inequalities British cohorts Cohort study Low birth weight |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-023-00191-z |
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