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. 2017 Aug 18:3:699-712.
doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.08.003. eCollection 2017 Dec.

Neighborhood context and birth outcomes: Going beyond neighborhood disadvantage, incorporating affluence

Jennifer B Kane  1 , Gandarvaka Miles  2 , Jennifer Yourkavitch  2 , Katherine King  3
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Neighborhood context and birth outcomes: Going beyond neighborhood disadvantage, incorporating affluence

Jennifer B Kane et al. SSM Popul Health. .

Abstract

•Neighborhood affluence protects against the risk of poor birth outcome. •The protective effect of affluence holds for Whites, Blacks, Hispanics and Asians. •Mediation of these pathways by prenatal smoking varies by racial group. •The discourse on neighborhoods and birth outcomes should include affluence.

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Fig. 1
Plot of neighborhood affluence versus neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage in New Jersey, 1996–2006, by maternal race-ethnicity.
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Fig. 2
Box Plot of the neighborhood affluence index (Panel A) and the neighborhood disadvantage index (Panel B), by maternal race-ethnicity.
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