Open AccessEthnic Density Effects on Birth Outcomes and Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy in the US Linked Birth and Infant Death Data Set
Author(s) -
RJ Shaw,
Kate E. Pickett,
Richard G. Wilkinson
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2009.167114
Subject(s) - ethnic group , pregnancy , medicine , demography , odds , odds ratio , infant mortality , logistic regression , population , obstetrics , environmental health , genetics , pathology , sociology , anthropology , biology
We investigated whether mothers from ethnic minority groups have better pregnancy outcomes when they live in counties with higher densities of people from the same ethnic group-despite such areas tending to be more socioeconomically deprived.