Contextual effect of income inequality on birth outcomes | Zendy

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Contextual effect of income inequality on birth outcomes

Author(s) -

Mary Huynh,

Jennifer D. Parker,

Sam Harper,

Elsie R. Pamuk,

Kenneth C. Schoendorf

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyi092

Subject(s) - psychosocial , economic inequality , inequality , social inequality , outcome (game theory) , psychology , medicine , demography , demographic economics , economics , psychiatry , sociology , mathematics , mathematical economics , mathematical analysis

Though associations between income inequality and birth outcome have been suggested, mechanisms underlying this relationship are not known. In this analysis, we examined the relationship between income inequality and preterm birth (PTB) and post-neonatal mortality (PNM) to explore two potential mechanisms-the proposed psychosocial stress and neo-material pathways.

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