title: Socio-demographic, lifestyle and cross-generation predictors of self-rated health in mothers during pregnancy.
abstract: The Lifeways Cross-generation study was established to assess the influence of socio-economic and familial characteristics on the health status and early development of children. Between October 2001 and June 2002, 1124 women were recruited to the Lifeways study at booking or first visit to maternity hospital. Lifeways mothers were 29.4 (SD 5.9) years old at recruitment, two-thirds from greater Dublin area, 17.9% held a General Medical Services (GMS) card, 64.3% were married and 40.8% were third level educated. At uni-variate level, GMS eligibility, own and parents' education and marital status all predicted mother's self rated health during pregnancy, whilst in the final multivariate logistic regression model, GMS status, household-adjusted income, marital status and grand-maternal education were each independently predictors. The Lifeways cohort confirms the importance of social position in predicting health in pregnant Irish women.
authors.affiliation: UCD School of Public Health and Population Science.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Segonds-Pichon
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hannon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Daly
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bury
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Kelleher
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003710:Demography; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D008019:Life Style; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D011247:Pregnancy; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors