Predicting Birth Weight: Relative Importance of Sociodemographic, Medical, and Prenatal Care Variables

Source Publication (e.g., journal title)

The Social Service Review

Authors

Terri Combs-Orme, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleFollow
Christina RTisley-Curtiss, Arizona State University
Ronald Taylor, University of Maryland - Baltimore

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

December 1993

Abstract

This study uses the 1980 National Natality Study to examine the relative importance of sociodemographic factors, medical-risk factors, and prenatal care in predicting birth weight. Findings indicate that both sociodemographic and medical-risk factors are important in predicting birth weight, with medical risks accounting for slightly more variance (after accounting for social variables) in birth weight. Although prenatal care accounts for only 1 percent of the variance, a statistical interaction between prenatal care and labor complications accounts for an additional 1 percent.

Comments

The Social Service Review © 1993 The University of Chicago Press Article available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/info/30012218

Recommended Citation

Combs-Orme, Terri; RTisley-Curtiss, Christina; and Taylor, Ronald, "Predicting Birth Weight: Relative Importance of Sociodemographic, Medical, and Prenatal Care Variables" (1993). Social Work Publications and Other Works.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_socipubs/21