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Low birth weight in Tasmania 1975‐1983: The effect of socioeconomic status
Author(s) -
LUMLEY JUDITH,
CORREY J. F.,
NEWMAN N.M.,
CURRAN J.T.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1985.tb00116.x
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , low birth weight , birth weight , demography , social class , pediatrics , pregnancy , environmental health , population , sociology , biology , political science , law , genetics
An analysis of all births in Tasmania from 1975 to 1983 showed that social class differences in low birth weights were almost entirely restricted to infants between 1500 and 2500 g weight at birth. There was a marginal increase in very low birth weight infants (<1500 g) among women whose partners were unemployed or in unskilled work but extremely low birth weight infants (<1000 g) were evenly distributed across the whole social spectrum.