The contribution of maternal working conditions to socio-economic inequalities in birth outcome

Social Science & Medicine
Marit Dahlén Gisselmann, Orjan Hemström

Abstract

The aims of this study were to examine the association between maternal working conditions and birth outcomes, and to determine the extent to which these contributed to class inequalities in six birth outcomes. We used an existing job exposure matrix developed from survey data collected in 1977 and 1979 to apply occupational-level information on working conditions to the national Swedish Registry, including approximately 280,000 mothers and 360,000 births during the period 1980--1985. Data were analysed using multivariate logistic regressions. Low levels of job control, high levels of physical demands and job hazards were more common in manual compared to non-manual classes. The self-employed had intermediate levels of such exposures. Job exposures, particularly low levels of job control, were generally and significantly associated with higher risks for low birthweight, very low birthweight, small for gestational age, all preterm, very preterm and extremely preterm births, but not with mortality. Compared to middle non-manuals (the reference group), lower non-manual and manual classes had higher risks for all birth outcomes, and these risks were nearly all significant. The highest odds ratios were found for skilled and unskille...Continue Reading

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