Socio-economic differences among low-birthweight infants in Hungary. Results of the Cohort '18 -Growing Up in Hungary birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As Hungary had the fifth-highest rate of low-birthweight (LBW) in the EU27 in 2020, LBW still remains a public health problem for the country.

Objective

Our goal is to examine whether LBW in Hungary is determined by the mothers' educational attainment, adjusted for other maternal characteristics (SES, health behaviour and psychological status during pregnancy) among mothers who gave birth in 2018-2019 in Hungary.

Methods

Source of data is the first and second wave of the Cohort '18 -Growing Up in Hungary longitudinal birth cohort study (n = 8185). It is based on a nationwide representative sample of pregnant women who gave birth between March 2018 and April 2019. All data were self-reported by mothers. We examined the association between maternal educationa

SUBMITTER: Szabo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10473525 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature