Maternal socio-economic indices for prenatal care research in rural China

Bright I Nwaru; Reija Klemetti; Huang Kun; Wang Hong; Shen Yuan; Zhuochun Wu; Elina Hemminki

doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckr182

Maternal socio-economic indices for prenatal care research in rural China

Bright I Nwaru, Reija Klemetti, Huang Kun, Wang Hong, Shen Yuan, Zhuochun Wu, Elina Hemminki

Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences

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Abstract

The conceptualization and measurement of socio-economic status (SES) is difficult in developing settings. In the absence of SES indices for women in rural China, we constructed SES indices for prenatal care research, and examined their relation to perinatal care and outcomes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	776-81
Number of pages	6
Journal	European Journal of Public Health
Volume	22
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckr182
Publication status	Published - Dec 2012

Keywords

Adult
Breast Feeding
China
Cross-Sectional Studies
Family Characteristics
Female
Health Care Surveys
Health Services Research
Health Status Disparities
Humans
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Logistic Models
Male
Maternal Health Services
Postnatal Care
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Outcome
Prenatal Care
Principal Component Analysis
Rural Health Services
Rural Population
Socioeconomic Factors
Young Adult

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