Recency of migration, region of origin and women's experience of maternity care in England: Evidence from a large cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the UK, changes to legislation in 2003 regarding the free movement of people in the European Union resulted in an increase in immigration from countries that joined the EU since 2004, the Accession countries.

Objective

To describe and compare the maternity experiences of recent migrant mothers to those who had been resident in the UK for longer, and to UK-born women, while taking into account their region of origin.

Design

Cross-sectional national survey.

Setting

England, 2009.

Participants

Random sample of postpartum women.

Measurements

Questionnaires asked about demographic characteristics, care during pregnancy, labour, birth and postnatally, about country of origin and, if not born in the UK, when they came to the UK. Country of

SUBMITTER: Henderson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6200018 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature