Married Mothers Fare the Best Economically, Even if They Were Unwed at the Time They gave Birth

Remez, L.

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“…Single mothers face more economic constraints than married mothers. [56][57][58] Both depression and lack of social or emotional support during pregnancy have been associated with an increased risk of preterm delivery. 59 In South America, the percentage of unintended pregnancies has remained at $70% since the 1970s.…”

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Environmental Risk Factors and Perinatal Outcomes in Preterm Newborns, According to Family Recurrence of Prematurity

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Objetive We analyzed the role of environmental risk factors, socio-demographic characteristics, clinical characteristics, and reproductive history in preterm births and their associated perinatal outcomes in families classified according to their histories of preterm recurrence among siblings. Study Design A retrospective study was conducted at “Nuestra Señora de la Merced” Maternity Hospital in the city of Tucumán, Argentina. A total of 348 preterm, non-malformed, singleton children born to multipara women were reviewed. The family history score described by Khoury was applied, and families were classified as having no, medium or high genetic aggregation. Results Families with no familial aggregation showed a higher rate of short length of cohabitation, maternal urinary tract infections during the current pregnancy and maternal history of miscarriage during the previous pregnancy. Families with a high level of aggregation had a significantly higher incidence of pregnancy complications, such as diabetes, hypertension and immunological disorders. Conclusion Reproductive histories clearly differed between the groups, suggesting both a different response to environmental challenges based on genetic susceptibility, and the activation of different pathophysiological pathways to determine the duration of pregnancy in each woman.

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Environmental Risk Factors and Perinatal Outcomes in Preterm Newborns, According to Family Recurrence of Prematurity

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“…There are several interrelated reasons why being unmarried could increase the risk of having a preterm birth. Unmarried mothers face greater economic insecurity than married mothers 8–10 11–13 and may be more common among unmarried women.…”

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Marital status, cohabitation, and the risk of preterm birth in Europe: where births outside marriage are common and uncommon

Zeitlin

Saurel‐Cubizolles

Ancel

2002

Paediatric Perinatal Epid

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This article explores whether the impact of marital status on the risk of preterm birth varies in relation to marital practices in the population, defined by the proportion of out-of-marriage births. Data come from a case-control study of the determinants of preterm birth in 16 European countries (5456 cases and 8234 controls). There is a significantly elevated risk of preterm birth associated with both cohabitation (OR = 1.29 [1.08, 1.55]) and single motherhood (OR = 1.61 [1.26, 2.07]) for women living in countries where fewer than 20 of births occur outside marriage. In contrast, there is no excess risk associated with marital status when out-of-marriage births are more common. This overall result does not apply to all subgroups of preterm births: different patterns emerge for early preterm births and preterm births induced for medical reasons. It is important to consider social context in the analysis of individual risk factors.

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“…It is plausible, therefore, that cohabiting mothers may experience levels of financial and emotional support, documented mediators of the relationship between marital status and PTB risk, [10][11][12][16][17][18] that are greater than their non-cohabiting unmarried counterparts, but lower than their married counterparts. This finding is supported by Bumpass and colleagues, who showed that a sizable proportion of women in cohabiting relationships reported that their economic and emotional security would be better if they were Year Incidence (percent) married.…”

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“…2 Married status has long been associated with a lower risk of PTB, 1,3,4 as well as other adverse perinatal outcomes including low birthweight, 3,5,6 small-for-gestational-age infants, 3,5,7,8 and fetal and neonatal mortality. 9 Several factors may explain the relationship between marital status and risk for adverse birth outcomes, including differences between married and unmarried mothers in financial security, [10][11][12] health-care access, 4,13 social support, and mental health. [14][15][16][17][18] The presumed health-promoting effect of marriage has led to its promotion as a positive social construct that may improve the health of populations.…”

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Changes in the Relationship between Marriage and Preterm Birth, 1989–2006

El-Sayed

Galea

2011

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Married Mothers Fare the Best Economically, Even if They Were Unwed at the Time They gave Birth

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Environmental Risk Factors and Perinatal Outcomes in Preterm Newborns, According to Family Recurrence of Prematurity

Environmental Risk Factors and Perinatal Outcomes in Preterm Newborns, According to Family Recurrence of Prematurity

Marital status, cohabitation, and the risk of preterm birth in Europe: where births outside marriage are common and uncommon

Changes in the Relationship between Marriage and Preterm Birth, 1989–2006

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