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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 4 Mediation effect of maternal smoking on birth outcomes for non-UK children in the MCS

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

 

Non-UK MCS

(2001)

M1

Y = BW(g)

M2

Y = LBW

NIE

NIE

Ref. High Education

 

Low Education

− 5.81

0.001

%Mediation

8%

3%

N

2887

  1. Control variables: Maternal height; maternal age; maternal marital status at birth; parity; timing of access to first antenatal care; sex of the newborn
  2. The NIE are not statistically significant