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93 lines
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abstract: 'Objectives Little is known about the nature of health inequalities
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present among women who are mothers of young children in Canada.
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Therefore, the purpose of the study is to identify dimensions of
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inequalities based on socio-economic position, race, partner status, and
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region and determine whether each type of inequality is independent of
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another.
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Methods Data are from the 2014 Canadian Community Health Survey. Women
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identifying as a parent living with a child <= 5 years, with complete
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data on the variables of interest, were selected (n = 2656). Poor health
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was defined as the presence of two or more chronic conditions. Exposures
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included partner status, education level, race, income, and region
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(Quebec vs. rest of Canada). Logistic regression was used to estimate
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the odds of poor health according to each exposure unadjusted and
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adjusted for all other exposures. All analyses controlled for age and
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employment status.
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Results In the fully adjusted model, among mothers of young children,
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the odds of poor health were significantly higher among non-white
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identifying (OR = 1.72; 95\% CI = 1.34-2.21) and lone mothers (OR =
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1.80; 95\% CI = 1.35-2.39), but were significantly lower among those
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with higher incomes (OR{[}per decile] = 0.86; 95\% CI = 0.82-0.90) and
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those from Quebec (vs. the rest of Canada; OR = 0.50; 95\% CI =
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0.38-0.67).
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Conclusions Living in Quebec compared to elsewhere in Canada appears to
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protect against poor health among mothers of young children. Regardless
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of region, health inequalities exist by socio-economic position, race,
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and partnership status. These findings have implications for public
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health programs and policies, such as universal child care.'
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affiliation: 'Brennenstuhl, S (Corresponding Author), Univ Toronto, Lawrence Bloomberg
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Fac Nursing, 155 Coll St, Toronto, ON M5T 1P8, Canada.
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Brennenstuhl, Sarah, Univ Toronto, Lawrence Bloomberg Fac Nursing, 155 Coll St,
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Toronto, ON M5T 1P8, Canada.'
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author: Brennenstuhl, Sarah
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author-email: Sarah.Brennenstuhl@utoronto.ca
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author_list:
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- family: Brennenstuhl
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given: Sarah
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.17269/s41997-018-0038-5
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eissn: 1920-7476
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files: []
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issn: 0008-4263
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journal: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE SANTE PUBLIQUE
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keywords: 'Quebec; Maternal health; Lone mothers; Education level; Income; Social
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policy'
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keywords-plus: 'SELF-RATED HEALTH; WELFARE REGIMES; WOMENS HEALTH; LONE MOTHERS; FAMILY;
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DISPARITIES; HOUSEHOLD; EDUCATION; POLICY; WORK'
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language: English
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month: FEB
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '28'
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pages: 27-34
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papis_id: 8963fc7d02c706c7ac1d66006e3ba99c
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ref: Brennenstuhl2018healthmothers
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times-cited: '0'
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title: 'Health of mothers of young children in Canada: identifying dimensions of inequality
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based on socio-economic position, partnership status, race, and region'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000430324900005
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '12'
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volume: '109'
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web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
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year: '2018'
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