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Table 2 Linear and logistic regression models predicting the association between SES and birth outcomes

From: Inequalities at birth: stable socioeconomic differences in birth outcomes in three British cohorts

 

NCDS (1958)

B70 (1970)

MCS (2001)

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Beta/OR

(SE)

Beta/OR (SE)

Beta/OR

(SE)

Panel A

Y = Birth Weight (g)

   

Ref. High Education

   

Low Education

− 54.14***

− 45.60***

− 58.80***

 

(10.44)

(9.54)

(12.88)

Panel B

Y = LBW

   

Ref. High Education

   

Low Education

1.47***

1.26**

1.45**

 

(0.12)

(0.09)

(0.16)

N

15,500

15,552

14,619

  1. Panel A shows the estimates of three linear regression models having as outcome variable birth weight measured in grams. Panel B shows the estimate of three logistic regression models having as outcome variable low birth weight (deliveries < 2500 g. Coefficients reported in Panel B are odds ratios. Each coefficient is estimated in a separate regression. All the models reported include the following control variables: child’s sex; maternal age; maternal marital status at birth; birth order; timing of prenatal care access; maternal height (standardized by cohort). The control variables are defined, as shown in Table 1
  2. Significance levels: ** < 0.01; *** < 0.001 (two-tailed test)
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