ŠTÍPKOVÁ, Martina and Martin KREIDL. Socioeconomic Inequalities in Birth and Pregnancy Outcomes in the Czech Republic between 1990 and 2007: An Exploration of Trends. Sociologicky casopis/Czech Sociological Review. 2011, vol. 47, No 3, p. 531-564. ISSN 0038-0288.
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Original name Socioeconomic Inequalities in Birth and Pregnancy Outcomes in the Czech Republic between 1990 and 2007: An Exploration of Trends
Name in Czech Socioekonomické nerovnosti ve výsledcích těhotenství a porodu v ČR, 1990-2007: Popis trendů
Authors ŠTÍPKOVÁ, Martina (203 Czech Republic) and Martin KREIDL (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Sociologicky casopis/Czech Sociological Review, 2011, 0038-0288.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50000 5. Social Sciences
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 0.357
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/11:00052784
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
UT WoS 000293110800004
Keywords (in Czech) střední Evropa;rodina;nerovnosti ve zdraví;post-socialistická transformace
Keywords in English Central Europe;family;health inequality;post-socialist transformation
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: prof. Martin Kreidl, Ph.D., učo 108207. Changed: 4/10/2011 13:17.
Abstract
This article explores the impact of the post-socialist transformation of Czech society on the health of newborns from different socioeconomic groups. We use six different measures of child health as dependent variables and the mother’s educational attainment as the key predictor. We used birth certificate data on all singleton births in selected years and estimated a series of random-intercept multi-level models. The analysis consistently showed 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 the 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 most in the 1990s and then stabilised or even declined. We offer two tentative explanations for observed growth in inequality: the selective adjustment hypothesis and the selective childlessness hypothesis.
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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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