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Social patterns of birth weight in Hong Kong, 1984-1997

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  • Cheung, Y. B.
  • Yip, Paul S. F.

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Fetal growth is an indicator of social inequalities in health that may have a long-term impact persisting into later life. Little is known about the social patterns of birth weight in Hong Kong. This is a study of live-born singletons from 1984 to 1997 in a Hong Kong birth registry. Ordinary least-squares regression and logistic regression are used to analyse birth weight and low birth weight (

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  • Cheung, Y. B. & Yip, Paul S. F., 2001. "Social patterns of birth weight in Hong Kong, 1984-1997," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 52(7), pages 1135-1141, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:52:y:2001:i:7:p:1135-1141
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    1. Chenhong Peng & Paul Siu Fai Yip & Yik Wa Law, 2019. "Intergenerational Earnings Mobility and Returns to Education in Hong Kong: A Developed Society with High Economic Inequality," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 143(1), pages 133-156, May.

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