Smoking During Pregnancy Among Immigrant Women With Same-Origin and Swedish-Born Partners.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although ethnically mixed couples are on the rise in industrialized countries, their health behaviors are poorly understood. We examined the associations between partner's birthplace, age at immigration, and smoking during pregnancy among foreign-born women.

Methods

Population-based register study including all pregnancies resulting in a livebirth or stillbirth in Sweden (1991-2012) with complete information on smoking and parental country of birth. We compared the prevalence of smoking during pregnancy between women in dual same-origin foreign-born unions (n = 213 111) and in mixed couples (immigrant women with a Swedish-born partner) (n = 111 866) using logistic regression. Swedish-born couples were used as a benchmark.

Results

The crude smoking rate am

SUBMITTER: Urquia ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7822112 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature