1. Trajectories of fetal loss in the Czech Republic.
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Carlson, Elwood, Hoem, Jan M., Rychtarikova, Jitka, Carlson, E, Hoem, J M, and Rychtarikova, J
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CHILDBIRTH , *PREGNANCY , *NEONATAL death , *MARITAL status , *EQUALITY , *ABORTION statistics , *ANALYSIS of variance , *COMPARATIVE studies , *EDUCATION , *EMPLOYMENT , *GESTATIONAL age , *ILLEGITIMACY , *MATERNAL age , *RESEARCH methodology , *MEDICAL cooperation , *MISCARRIAGE , *PERINATAL death , *RESEARCH , *RESEARCH funding , *SOCIOECONOMIC factors , *EVALUATION research , *ACQUISITION of data , *PARITY (Obstetrics) - Abstract
Using data for 555,038 pregnancies conceived in the Czech Republic in 1987-1990, we show that pronounced differences in fetal survival in the middle trimester of pregnancy by marital status, educational level, and labor force attachment become much smaller at full term; survival differences by age at conception and number of previous deliveries show relatively constant proportional hazards throughout gestation. Social inequalities in postpartum life chances have been documented previously, but we show that similar inequalities exist before birth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1999
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