Socio-economic inequality in preterm birth: a comparative study of the Nordic countries from 1981 to 2000

Christina Bjørk Petersen, Laust Hvas Mortensen, Camilla Schmidt Morgen, Mia Madsen, Ole Schnor, Annett Arntzen, Mika Gissler, Sven Cnattingius, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen

Abstract

During the 1980s and 1990s, there were large social and structural changes within the Nordic countries. Here we examine time changes in risks of preterm birth by maternal educational attainment in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Information on gestational age and maternal socio-economic position was obtained from the NorCHASE database, which includes comparable population-based register data of births from Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway from 1981 to 2000. The risks of very preterm birth (12 years of education, mothers with
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftPaediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (Print)
Vol/bind23
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)66-75
Antal sider10
ISSN0269-5022
StatusUdgivet - 1 jan. 2009
Udgivet eksterntJa

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