ArticleSSM - population health2019
The Great Recession and adverse birth outcomes: Evidence from California, USA.
Article in SSM - population health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- California's Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program and birth outcomes.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The influence of structural racism, pandemic stress, and SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy with adverse birth outcomes.American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM · 2022Article
- Reproductive Health and Coronavirus Disease 2019-Induced Economic Contracture: Lessons From the Great Recession.Clinical therapeutics · 2022Article
- Trends in infant mortality and stillbirth rates in Scotland by socio-economic position, 2000-2018: a longitudinal ecological study.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Paternal factors and adverse birth outcomes in Lanzhou, China.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Economic Crisis Impact and Social Determinants of Perinatal Outcomes and Infant Mortality in Greece.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Evaluating Residential Segregation's Relation to the Clustering of Poor Health across American Cities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesPrior studies of the health effects of recessions have shown mixed results. Ecological studies often report a positive relationship between economic downturns and population health while individual-level studies often show that conditions related to recessions are deleterious. Our study examines the spatially and temporally heterogenous effects of the Great Recession (TGR) on adverse birth outcomes, a contemporaneous measure of population health that is highly responsive to changing social conditions.
methodsWe use restricted birth cohort data from California (2004-2012) merged with both county- and tract-level socio-demographic data, to explore birth selectivity and temporal and unemployment effects during TGR on adverse birth outcomes.
resultsWe find that gestational exposure - more specifically, second trimester exposure - during or adjacent to the months of TGR was generally deleterious for birth outcomes, more so, in some cases, for mothers with lower levels of education, and that increases in county-level unemployment were generally deleterious for birth outcomes.
conclusionsAlthough recessionary effects on population health are problematic and may have far-reaching effects, it appears that these effects may be largely universal, even given potential selective fertility favoring advantaged groups.
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