Social inequalities in low birthweight outcomes in Sri Lanka: evidence from the Demographic and Health Survey 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate social inequalities underlying low birthweight (LBW) outcomes in Sri Lanka.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

This study used the Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey 2016, the first such survey to cover the entire country since the Civil War ended in 2001.

Participants

Birthweight data extracted from the child health development records available for 7713 babies born between January 2011 and the date of interview in 2016.

Outcome measures

The main outcome variable was birth weight, classified as LBW (≤2500 g) and normal.

Methods

We applied random intercept three-level logistic regression to examine the association between LBW and maternal, socioeconomic and geographic variables. Concentration indices were estimated

SUBMITTER: Abeywickrama G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7252991 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature