In utero exposure to threat of evictions and preterm birth: Evidence from the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate county-level associations between in utero exposure to threatened evictions and preterm birth in the United States.

Data sources

Complete birth records were obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics (2009-2016). Threatened evictions were measured at the county level using eviction case filing data obtained from The Eviction Lab (2008-2016). Additional economic and demographic data were obtained from the United States Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Study design

We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis using 7.3 million births from 1,633 counties. We defined threatened eviction exposures as the z-score of average case filings over the pregnancy and by trimester. Our primary outcome was an indicator for preterm birth

SUBMITTER: Khadka A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7518827 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature