Birth outcomes following unexpected job loss: a matched-sibling design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research documents social and economic antecedents of adverse birth outcomes, which may include involuntary job loss. Previous work on job loss and adverse birth outcomes, however, lacks high-quality individual data on, and variation in, plausibly exogenous job loss during pregnancy and therefore cannot rule out strong confounding.

Methods

We analysed unique linked registries in Denmark, from 1980 to 2017, to examine whether a father's involuntary job loss during his spouse's pregnancy increases the risk of a low-weight (i.e. <2500 grams) and/or preterm (i.e. <37 weeks of gestational age) birth. We applied a matched-sibling design to 743 574 sibling pairs.

Results

Results indicate an increased risk of a low-weight birth among infants exposed in utero to fat

SUBMITTER: Gailey S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9189955 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature