探索低出生体重的社会经济不平等:一种统计分解方法
Xue Zhang1,2, Athar Ali Shah3, Lu Han3
1School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
概括
低出生体重 (LBW) 不成比例地影响弱势群体. 虽然财富和教育是保护性的,但农村中等/高收入家庭和受教育程度较低的母亲面临着更高的风险. 父亲的教育显示了一些保护.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 儿科 儿科 儿科
- 健康的社会经济决定因素
背景情况:
- 低出生体重 (LBW) 是一个重要的全球公共卫生问题,特别是在低收入和中等收入国家,导致儿童死亡率和发病率.
- 巴基斯坦面临着高的儿童死亡率和营养不良,这使得LBW成为该国的一个紧迫问题.
- 诸如母亲营养不良和获得医疗保健的限制等因素加剧了LBW风险.
研究的目的:
- 分析巴基斯坦低出生体重 (LBW) 的社会经济决定因素.
- 调查LBW在不同社会经济层面的集中程度.
- 检查家庭财富和父母教育对LBW风险的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用了2017-18年巴基斯坦人口和健康调查的数据.
- 使用后勤回归,标准,Wagestaff和Erreygers度指数分析.
- 应用了度曲线来可视化LBW的社会经济差异.
主要成果:
- 低出生体重 (LBW) 集中在社会经济弱势群体中,财富和父母教育的负度指数表明这一点.
- 社会经济因素和LBW之间存在非线性关系,农村中等/高收入家庭与城市同行相比风险略高.
- 母亲教育的有效性有限,而父亲教育对LBW有轻微的保护作用.
结论:
- 社会经济地位,特别是家庭财富和父母教育,是防止低出生体重 (LBW) 的关键保护因素.
- 与城市地区相比,农村中等收入和高收入家庭的LBW风险较高.
- 父亲的教育可能提供对LBW的保护作用,特别是在巴基斯坦农村环境中.
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