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Socio-economic factors associated with unwanted births to married women: a geographical analysis using census indicators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Mary E. Brennan  and
R. Hebel
Mary E. Brennan
Affiliation:
Department of Social Medicine, University of Birmingham
R. Hebel
Affiliation:
Department of Social Medicine, University of Birmingham
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Summary

The proportion of unwanted births to married women who were delivered in a district maternity hospital during a 3-month period in 1971 was computed for each ward in the administrative area. The percentage varied from 5 to 20% with an average of 10%. These results were compared with the distributions of socio-economic variables derived from the 1971 Census. Party was shown to be the most important indicator; Kendall's rank correlation coefficient was 0·56 (P <0·01). When the effect of parity was eliminated by the use of Kendall’s partial rank correlation coefficient, overcrowding and family structure were shown to be statistically significant (P <0·05).

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , October 1975 , pp. 463 - 472
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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