ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2022
Birth Outcomes among Descendants of Foreign-Born and US-Born Women in California: Variation by Race and Ethnicity.
Article in Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Environmental Risk and Adverse Perinatal Health Indicators in New York City: A Geospatial Hotspot Analysis.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2026Article
- Global prevalence of preterm birth among Pacific Islanders: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Gestational Diabetes and International Migration.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2022Review
- Black Nativity and Health Disparities: A Research Paradigm for Understanding the Social Determinants of Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
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Abstract
This study quantifies the magnitude and persistence of differences in adverse birth outcomes between descendants of foreign-born and US-born women by race/ethnicity. Using 1978-2015 California birth records, I linked records of infants to those of their mothers to create an intergenerational sample (N = 501,323 second generation mothers and 633,102 third generation daughters). Prevalence of low birthweight and preterm birth were calculated in both generations by race/ethnicity, and foreign-born status. An initial foreign-born advantage in birth outcomes is present among most racial/ethnic groups with the exception of foreign-born Asian women. In the subsequent generation, the foreign-origin advantage diminishes for most groups and a foreign-origin disadvantage in low birthweight emerges for descendants of Asian women. Findings largely persist after adjustment for sociodemographic and healthcare-related characteristics. These results underscore the importance of disaggregating by race, ethnicity, and foreign origin when possible to better understand perinatal health disparities in the population.
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