Maternal occupation and industry and the pregnancy outcome of U.S. married women, 1980.

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Shilling, Shilling ; Lalich, Nina R.
• Description:
  Data from the 1980 National Natality and National Fetal Mortality Surveys were used to characterize the occupations of women during the year before delivery; to search for disproportionate numbers of adverse pregnancy outcomes in specific occupational groups; and to compare demographic, reproductive, and lifestyle characteristics of employed mothers to those of mothers not employed in the year before delivery. National estimates were derived from the sample through a complex poststratified ratio adjustment procedure. For all pregnancy outcome groups, the greatest proportion of mothers were employed in three industry categories: professional and related services, wholesale and retail trade, and manufacturing; and in four occupation categories: clerical and kindred workers; professional, technical, and kindred workers; service workers; and operatives. Compared with employed mothers of live-born infants, a greater proportion of employed mothers of low birth weight infants worked full-time but stopped working before the third trimester. Compared with unemployed mothers, a larger proportion of employed mothers were between 20-29 years old, college educated, had a total family income of $21,000 or more per year, received early prenatal care, had no previous pregnancy, and drank alcohol during pregnancy. Estimates from this study may be used to (a) provide a better perspective of the magnitude of reproductive health problems, (b) target certain industrial populations for further research, and (c) assist in identifying causes of reproductive failure.
• Subjects:
  Adult Alcohol Drinking Congenital Abnormalities Educational Status Employment Epidemiologic Methods Female Fetal Death Health Surveys Humans Income Industry Infant, Low Birth Weight Infant, Newborn Marriage Occupations Pregnancy Smoking

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• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 99(2):152-161
• Pubmed ID:
  6424164
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  National Natality Survey (U.S.) ; National Fetal Mortality Survey (U.S.) ; National Natality Survey (U.S.) ; National Fetal Mortality Survey (U.S.)
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  99
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00153362
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
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