Early-term birth and its association with universal two-child policy: a national cross-sectional study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the epidemiology of early-term birth (ETB) at the national level in China, and explore the association and mediating factors between ETB and policy between universal two-child policy and ETB, so as to explain the potential reason for such a relationship and provide evidence for future ETB interventions in the era of the new birth control policy.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Participants

The cross-sectional study used data from China Labour and Delivery Survey between 2015 and 2016. A total of 75 132 survey data collected from 89 hospitals in 25 provinces were included in the analysis. We further explored the association between the universal two-child policy and ETB.

Results

The weighted incidence of ETB was 30.1 per 100 all births (95% C

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8655521 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature