title: Unemployment and reproductive outcome. An Australian study.
abstract: The Mater-University of Queensland Study involves the follow-up of 8556 pregnant women who were enrolled at their first clinic visit. This analysis compares four groups of women categorized according to their own and their partners' employment status. Group 1 comprised women unemployed, partners not unemployed. Group 2 comprised women not unemployed with unemployed partners. Group 3 comprised women and partners who were both unemployed. In group 4 neither partner was unemployed. Initial analysis showed that there was a significant association between birthweight and birthweight for gestational age, and unemployment as reported by mothers. After adjustment for lifestyle variables (principally smoking) there were no remaining statistically significant associations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Najman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Keeping
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008393:Marriage; D008423:Maternal Age; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011793:Queensland; D012907:Smoking; D014478:Unemployment