Abstract / Description of output
Background: In low-and middle-income countries, many women continue working later into pregnancy. In our recent study on some areas in rural China, most women stopped working already during the first trimester (
Methods: A population-based cross-sectional survey with a representative sample of new mothers was carried out in one rural county in Anhui Province in 2001-03 (N = 1479 respondents) and in two other rural counties in 2009 (N = 1574 respondents). Both surveys were used to evaluate prenatal care interventions not related to work behavior. The surveys targeted all women who had recently given birth. Multilevel logistic regression analysis was used to examine the determinants of work behavior in the two time periods.
Results: There was a big change in the working behavior between the two survey years: in the period 2001-03 6 % and in 2009, 53 % of pregnant women stopped working at
Conclusion: Stopping work very early during pregnancy appeared to have become very common from 2001-3 to 2009 in rural Anhui, China and was not explained by women's background characteristics.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 34 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | BMC Women's Health |
Volume | 16 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 8 Jul 2016 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Pregnancy
- Working patterns
- Maternal work
- Rural China
- OUTCOMES
- WOMEN
- CARE
- DETERMINANTS
- OCCUPATION
- BIRTH
- RISK
- LIFE