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E Carlson1, J M Hoem, J Rychtarikova
1Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA. carlson@garnet.cla.sc.edu
Abstract:
Using data for 555,038 pregnancies conceived in the Czech Republic in 1987-1990, we show that pronounced differences in fetal survival in the middle trimester of pregnancy by marital status, educational level, and labor force attachment become much smaller at full term; survival differences by age at conception and number of previous deliveries show relatively constant proportional hazards throughout gestation. Social inequalities in postpartum life chances have been documented previously, but we show that similar inequalities exist before birth.
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