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Peer reviewedEmory, Eugene K.; Noonan, John R. – Child Development, 1984
Explores whether an empirical classification of healthy fetuses as fetal heart rate accelerators or decelerators would predict birth weight and neonatal behavior scored with the Brazelton Neonatal Behavior Assessment Scale. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Birth, Birth Weight, Heart Rate, Infant Behavior
Peer reviewedManderbacka, Kristiina; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1992
Examined association between mother's marital status and perinatal outcome among single births in Finland in 1987 (n=56,595 infants). Found that perinatal deaths, low birthweight, and preterm infants were more common among single mothers than among married mothers. Results for cohabiting mothers were more similar to those of married than to those…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Cohabitation, Foreign Countries, Infants
Peer reviewedLi, De-Kun; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1990
Analyzes factors affecting the birth weight of infants born to Southeast Asian immigrant parents in Washington State from 1980 through 1986. Finds an annual reduction of 6.4 percent in the prevalence of low birth weight associated with an improvement in parental occupational status. (FMW)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Birth Weight, Family Income, Immigrants
Peer reviewedCollins, James W., Jr.; Davis, Richard J. – American Journal of Public Health, 1990
Analyzes the effects of the following factors on low birth weight of 103,072 Black and White infants in Chicago: (1) median family income; (2) maternal age; (3) education; and (4) marital status. Concludes that family income shows racial disparity and that traditional risk factors do not completely explain racial differences in neonatal outcome.…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Birth Weight, Black Population Trends, Blacks
