ŠTÍPKOVÁ, Martina and Martin KREIDL. Vývoj socioekonomických nerovností ve zdraví českých novorozenců mezi lety 1990 a 2007 (Trends in the socioeconomic inequality in birthweight in the Czech Republic, 1990-2007). In XXXX. konferenci České demografické společnosti „Dvacet let sociodemografické transformace“, FSS MU, Brno, 27.-28. 5. 2010. 2010.
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Original name Vývoj socioekonomických nerovností ve zdraví českých novorozenců mezi lety 1990 a 2007
Name (in English) Trends in the socioeconomic inequality in birthweight in the Czech Republic, 1990-2007
Authors ŠTÍPKOVÁ, Martina and Martin KREIDL.
Edition XXXX. konferenci České demografické společnosti „Dvacet let sociodemografické transformace“, FSS MU, Brno, 27.-28. 5. 2010. 2010.
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Original language Czech
Type of outcome Presentations at conferences
Field of Study 50000 5. Social Sciences
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
Keywords (in Czech) porodní hmotnost;stratifikace
Keywords in English birthweight;stratification
Changed by Changed by: prof. Martin Kreidl, Ph.D., učo 108207. Changed: 5/9/2015 14:57.
Abstract (in English)
This article explores the impact of post-socialist transformation of the Czech society upon the health of newborns from different socioeconomic groups. We use six different measures of child health – various constructs based on birth weight, length of gestation, and vitality – as dependent variables and mother’s educational attainment as the key predictor. We use birth certificate data about all singleton births in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2007 (N=912,764). We estimate random-intercept multi-level models and report observed trends in health inequality by maternal education. We consistently and persistently observe large gaps in health between children born to mothers with elementary education on the one hand and all other children on the other hand. While trends are not entirely congruent across all measures of child health, we find more evidence of growing inequality than of declining or stable inequality. Inequality grew mostly in the 1990s and then stabilized or even declined. We offer two tentative explanations for observed growth in inequality: selective adjustment hypothesis and selective childlessness hypothesis. We have no clear explanation for declining inequality in pre-term delivery.
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MSM0021622408, plan (intention)Name: Reprodukce a integrace společnosti (Acronym: IVRIS)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Reproduction and integration of society
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