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Maternal Country of Origin and Infant Birthplace: Implications for Birth‐weight
Author(s) -
Rundle Donna,
Barclay Lesley,
NivisonSmith Ian,
Lloyd Beverly
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1996.tb02186.x
Subject(s) - immigration , demography , birth records , place of birth , medicine , birth weight , pediatrics , obstetrics , geography , pregnancy , population , sociology , archaeology , biology , genetics
Summary: This study investigated the effect of mother's country of origin and baby's birthplace on infant birth‐weight. The mean birth‐weights of full‐term babies born of well immigrant women from 5 countries were compared with diose of women of Anglo‐Australian origin confined at die same hospital. Data were collected from medical records at Canterbury hospital for 1,274 women confined between 1989 and 1992 and 2,524 of their babies. Multiple regression analysis showed that infants born in Australia to women from Vietnam and Korea were significantly heavier man infants born to these women in their country of origin. Babies born to women from Vietnam were significantly lighter than babies born to Anglo‐Australian controls.