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First report from the Plunket National Child Health Study: smoking during pregnancy in New Zealand
Author(s) -
Alison Lilias H.,
Counsell Anthea M.,
Geddis David C.,
Sanders Diane M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.667
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1365-3016
pISSN - 0269-5022
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1993.tb00407.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , longitudinal study , epidemiology , cohort study , teenage pregnancy , cohort , demography , child health , environmental health , pediatrics , population , genetics , pathology , sociology , biology
Summary. The Plunket National Child Health Study is a 5‐year longitudinal study of a birth cohort of 4285 children born in New Zealand during 1990–1991. This paper describes the major lines of epidemiological research, the methods and study design, and reports on the demographic data of New Zealand children. During this first report from the Plunket Child Health Study, we examine on the smoking rates of New Zealand mothers during pregnancy. Overall 33% of mothers smoked during pregnancy. Particularly high rates were found amongst teenage mothers, Maori women, single women and women with lower educational levels. Over 60% of women in these categories smoked during pregnancy.