abstract: 'Social inequality in adverse birth outcomes has been demonstrated in

  several countries. The present study examined the separate and joint

  effects of parental education and work in order to investigate the

  causal pathways of social class effects on adverse birth outcomes in

  Korea. The occurrence of low birth weight, preterm births, and

  intrauterine growth retardation was examined among 7,766,065 births in

  Korea from 1995 to 2008. The effect of social inequality, as represented

  by parental education and work, was examined against adverse birth

  outcomes using multivariate logistic regression after controlling for

  other covariates. Parental education had the most significant and

  greatest effect on all three adverse outcomes, followed by parental work

  and employment, which had lesser effects. For adverse birth outcomes,

  the gap between educational levels increased steadily in Korea from 1995

  to 2008. Throughout the analysis, the effect of maternal manual work on

  adverse birth outcomes was apparent in the study results. Given this

  evidence of social inequality in education and employment, social

  interventions should aim at more in-depth and distal determinants of

  health.'
affiliation: 'Son, M (Corresponding Author), Kangwon Natl Univ, Dept Prevent Med,
  Sch Med, 1 Kangwondaehak Gil, Chunchon 200701, South Korea.

  Park, Mi-Jin; Paek, Domyung, Seoul Natl Univ, Dept Environm Hlth, Grad Sch Publ
  Hlth, Seoul, South Korea.

  Son, Mia, Kangwon Natl Univ, Dept Prevent Med, Sch Med, Chunchon 200701, South Korea.

  Kim, Young-Ju, Kangwon Natl Univ, Coll Nat Sci, Dept Stat, Chunchon 200701, South
  Korea.'
author: Park, Mi-Jin and Son, Mia and Kim, Young-Ju and Paek, Domyung
author-email: sonmia@kangwon.ac.kr
author_list:
- family: Park
  given: Mi-Jin
- family: Son
  given: Mia
- family: Kim
  given: Young-Ju
- family: Paek
  given: Domyung
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3346/jkms.2013.28.1.25
files: []
issn: 1011-8934
journal: JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
keywords: 'Social Inequality; Parental Education; Parental Work; Parental

  Occupation; Birth Outcome Effect; Low Birth Weight; Preterm Birth;

  Intrauterine Growth Retardation'
keywords-plus: 'PRETERM DELIVERY; MATERNAL WORK; FETAL-GROWTH; PREGNANCY; WEIGHT;

  PREMATURITY'
language: English
month: JAN
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '35'
pages: 25-35
papis_id: bfb929e72f6731dcea5888e2ddc05b5a
ref: Park2013socialinequality
researcherid-numbers: Paek, Domyung/D-5747-2012
times-cited: '14'
title: Social Inequality in Birth Outcomes in Korea, 1995-2008
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000314527100004
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '6'
volume: '28'
web-of-science-categories: Medicine, General \& Internal
year: '2013'