ArticleJournal of health and social behavior2021
Sexual Identity and Birth Outcomes: A Focus on the Moderating Role of Race-ethnicity.
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- Mothers' Sexual Identity and Children's Health.Population research and policy review · 2022Article
- The unequal consequences of family structures for infant health.Social science research · 2021Article
- Disparities in smoking during pregnancy by sexual orientation and race-ethnicity.SSM - population health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Race-ethnic disparities in birth outcomes are well established, and new research suggests that there may also be important sexual identity disparities in birth weight and preterm birth. This study uses the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and is the first to examine disparities in birth outcomes at the intersection of race-ethnicity and sexual identity. We use ordinary least sqaures and logistic regression models with live births (n = 10,318) as the unit of analysis clustered on mother ID (n = 5,105), allowing us to adjust for preconception and pregnancy-specific perinatal risk factors as well as neighborhood characteristics. Results show a striking reversal in the effect of lesbian or bisexual identity on birth outcomes across race-ethnicities: For white women, a bisexual or lesbian identity is associated with better birth outcomes than their white heterosexual counterparts, but for Black and Latina women, it is associated with worse birth outcomes than their heterosexual peers.
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