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Table 3 Effect of ethnicity on late antenatal booking, stratified by English language ability and UK/non-UK birth place #

From: Predictors of the timing of initiation of antenatal care in an ethnically diverse urban cohort in the UK

Self- defined ethnicity

English language ability & Place of birth

n

OR *

[95% CI]

British (White)

Speak English & born in the UK

1,662

1.00

 

Speak English & not born in the UK

919

1.02

[0.84, 1.24]

Do not speak English & not born in the UK

1,060

1.47

[1.23, 1.76]

Eastern European or Other White

Speak English & born in the UK

532

0.88

[0.69, 1.11]

Speak English & not born in the UK

1,199

1.42

[1.21, 1.68]

 

Do not speak English & not born in the UK

1,108

3.10

[2.63, 3.66]

African or Caribbean

Speak English & born in the UK

420

1.40

[1.11, 1.76]

Speak English & not born in the UK

2,526

1.85

[1.62, 2.12]

Do not speak English & not born in the UK

687

2.20

[1.82, 2.66]

South Asian (Bangladeshi, Indian or Pakistani)

Speak English & born in the UK

1,196

1.14

[0.96, 1.35]

Speak English & not born in the UK

3,549

1.25

[1.10, 1.43]

Do not speak English & not born in the UK

2,729

2.20

[1.82, 2.66]

Other Asian

Speak English & born in the UK

48

0.94

[0.48, 1.83]

Speak English & not born in the UK

480

1.70

[1.37, 2.11]

Do not speak English & not born in the UK

399

1.47

[1.16, 1.85]

Other

Speak English & born in the UK

263

1.13

[0.85, 1.50]

Speak English & not born in the UK

224

1.47

[1.09, 1.97]

 

Do not speak English & not born in the UK

167

1.95

[1.41, 2.71]

  1. OR, Odds ratio; CI, Confidence interval.
  2. * Adjusted for maternal age at booking, parity, maternal occupation, housing status & year of booking.
  3. # Stratum-specific odds ratios were not calculated for women who did not speak English and were born in the UK, as there were only 183 women total in this sub-group.