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Table 5 Odds Ratios of perinatal mortality according to maternal nationality, stratified by parental employment status and maternal education

From: Are all immigrant mothers really at risk of low birth weight and perinatal mortality? The crucial role of socio-economic status

 

cases = 1,346; n = 161,645

cases = 3,021; n = 774,096

cases = 373; n = 50,798

cases = 1,476; n = 463,756

 

0 parents employed aORa (95 % CI)

2 parents employed aORa (95 % CI)

<primary aORb (95 % CI)

superior aORb (95 % CI)

EU27

0.80* (0.65-0.99)#

1.26** (1.09-1.46)#

0.86 (0.56-1.32)

1.15 (0.93-1.44)

EU 27 naturalized Belgian

0.39*** (0.23-0.66)#

0.87 (0.68-1.11)#

0.57 (0.18-1.80)

0.81 (0.56-1.18)

Turkey

1.00 (0.76-1.31)

1.04 (0.57-1.90)

0.95 (0.64-1.41)

2.29** (1.22-4.32)

Turkey naturalized Belgian

0.63* (0.43-0.92)

1.01 (0.67-1.52)

0.61 (0.34-1.09)

1.32 (0.66-2.66)

Maghreb

0.84 (0.69-1.01)

1.44* (1.01-2.06)

1.00 (0.74-1.35)

1.58* (1.04-2.39)

Maghreb naturalized Belgian

0.84 (0.67-1.05)

1.21 (0.93-1.57)

0.90 (0.62-1.30)

1.39 (0.96-2.01)

Sub-Saharan Africa

0.84 (0.69-1.02)#

1.76* (1.06-2.94)#

1.00 (0.66-1.51)

1.41 (0.88-2.26)

Sub-Saharan Africa naturalized Belgian

0.88 (0.60-1.28)

1.06 (0.62-1.84)

1.53 (0.85-2.74)

1.97** (1.21-3.20)

Eastern Europe

0.62*** (0.48-0.81)

0.46 (0.15-1.44)

0.91 (0.57-1.45)

0.37 (0.12-1.16)

Eastern Europe naturalized Belgian

0.35* (0.13-0.94)

0.76 (0.31-1.83)

0.86 (0.32-2.35)

0.73 (0.23-2.27)

  1. The reference group are women with Belgian nationality at delivery and of origin (OR = 1) * ≤ 0.05 ** ≤ 0.01*** ≤ 0.001
  2. aAdjusted for maternal age, parity and maternal education
  3. bAdjusted for maternal age, parity and parental employment status
  4. The other categories have been omitted for clarity
  5. #Interaction test (p < 0.05)