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The Effect of Birth Weight of Employment during Pregnancy
By: Gofin, Jaime.
Subject(s): Anthropology | Birth Weight | Women Employment-Preganancy-Health Effect-Study | Women Studies | Pregnancy-Complications-Related-Employement | Delivery Abnormalities-Working Mothers-Study In: Journal of Biosocial Science 11(3)Summary: A study of employement during pregnancy and its effects was carried out among pregnant women who were under the care of the Community Health Center, Hadassah Medical School, in a neighbourhood of West Jerusalem. Of the women, 46.2% worked during pregnancy, and 78.6% of them were in occupations which demanded light physical activity. Most of the women worked throughout the whole pregnancy. Educational level as well as parity emerged as the main factors in determining whether a preganant woman worked or not. No significant effect of employement were found in pregnancy complications or lenght of gestation, but significant differences did emerges in the number of delivery abnormalities. This finding is interpreted as the result of the interaction of several social conditions rather than of work itself. The findings support the hypothesis that work by itself does not affect either pregnancy or its outcome (as measured by birth weight).| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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A study of employement during pregnancy and its effects was carried out among pregnant women who were under the care of the Community Health Center, Hadassah Medical School, in a neighbourhood of West Jerusalem. Of the women, 46.2% worked during pregnancy, and 78.6% of them were in occupations which demanded light physical activity. Most of the women worked throughout the whole pregnancy. Educational level as well as parity emerged as the main factors in determining whether a preganant woman worked or not. No significant effect of employement were found in pregnancy complications or lenght of gestation, but significant differences did emerges in the number of delivery abnormalities. This finding is interpreted as the result of the interaction of several social conditions rather than of work itself. The findings support the hypothesis that work by itself does not affect either pregnancy or its outcome (as measured by birth weight).