Neighborhood disadvantage and fecundability in a cohort of US Black women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neighborhood context is a root cause of health disparities, but few epidemiologic studies have measured the effect of neighborhoods on fertility, a reproductive outcome with known racial disparities.

Methods

The Black Women's Health Study is a prospective cohort study of US Black women who enrolled in 1995. Participants completed questionnaires at baseline and every 2 years afterwards. We linked participant addresses to US Census block group data on six variables representing neighborhood disadvantage and used factor analysis to derive a composite neighborhood disadvantage score. In 2011, participants reported how many months it took to conceive each of their planned pregnancies and whether they had ever tried to conceive for 12 or more months without success. We

SUBMITTER: Wesselink AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12551729 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature