Does unemployment in family affect pregnancy outcome in conditions of high quality maternity care?

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Maternal Risk Factors in study groups I-III compared with the reference group

Risk factor	Reference (n = 18963) %	I Mother unemployed (n = 3388) %	P	II Father unemployed (n = 1551) %	P	III Both parents unemployed (n = 1037) %	P
Age < 18 years	0.4	1.3	0.001	1.81	0.001	2.51	0.001
Age > 35 years	12.9	7.9	0.001	8.90	0.001	5.79	0.001
Unmarried	27.4	43.1	0.001	45.0	0.001	58.0	0.001
Primiparity	40.3	41.7	0.12	45.8	0.001	49.8	0.001
Previous miscarriage	17.2	17.2	0.92	14.8	0.015	13.8	0.005
Prior termination	9.3	12.5	0.001	13.0	0.001	15.4	0.001
7 deliveries	0.5	0.06	0.001	0.4	0.59	0	0.01
IUD before pregnancy	9.02	7.29	0.001	6.25	0.001	6.56	0.006
Surgically scarred uterus	10.6	10.8	0.75	10.1	0.54	7.8	0.004
Second pregnancy in 12 months	6.9	7.5	0.24	8.6	0.014	8.3	0.089
Previous delivery > 6 y	9.7	9.1	0.30	8.1	0.040	8.8	0.35
Prior fetal demise	2.1	1.9	0.51	1.9	0.67	3.2	0.018
Low weight gain	6.8	9.1	0.001	7.6	0.34	9.0	0.02
Overweight	23.7	25.7	0.01	24.4	0.51	26.3	0.053
Smoking	4.2	9.5	0.001	10.4	0.001	17.9	0.001
Alcohol consumption	3.2	4.5	0.001	3.4	0.76	2.7	0.36
Chronical illness	5.7	6.2	0.26	5.5	0.83	6.3	0.42
Diabetes	2.0	2.8	0.003	2.2	0.58	2.9	0.044
Pregravid hypertension	1.9	2.2	0.24	2.0	0.69	2.1	0.54

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