Socioeconomic inequality and stillbirth rate disparities among native and foreign mothers: evidence from Greece.

ABSTRACT: We study, for the first time, stillbirth differentials among native and migrant populations in Greece using national vital registration microdata for the period of 2010-2014. We employ conventional demographic measures and propose a standardization procedure to delineate the effect of selected distributions of livebirths on the observed stillbirth rates. The stillbirth rate among immigrant mothers is 40% higher than among natives, an excess which persists throughout gestational intervals and age groups. Our findings also show a clear gradient of stillbirth rates by maternal education, favoring more educated women, and this finding applies to both native and immigrant mothers. Our standardization methodology shows that the distribution of births by maternal educational level and age play a

SUBMITTER: Tsimbos C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9310690 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature