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Table 9 Effects of socioeconomic status on prenatal education utilization, low-risk subsample with partner’s socioeconomic variables included, logit model 2 (odds ratios)

From: Prenatal care and socioeconomic status: effect on cesarean delivery

 

(1)

(2)

Partner’s socioeconomic level

 Occupation

  Manual worker

0.37a (0.086)

0.36a (0.076)

  Office, sales, or service staff

0.53a (0.062)

0.53a (0.060)

  Farmer

0.46b (0.156)

0.62 (0.193)

  Craft/trades worker or entrepreneur

0.61b (0.124)

0.62b (0.118)

  Intermediate (technical)

0.90 (0.147)

0.90 (0.178)

 Work status

  Unemployed

0.61a (0.084)

0.63a (0.080)

  Not in labor force

0.57a (0.055)

0.60a (0.081)

Year fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Hospital effects

Fixed

Fixed

Residence fixed effects

No

Yes

N (observations)

8083

6977

  1. All regressions use the subsample of low-risk women (nulliparous, aged 20–34 years, without any diagnosis or co-morbidity, giving birth at full term, by vaginal delivery, without induction, to a singleton infant in cephalic presentation, and with a normal birth weight). Robust standard errors in parentheses
  2. a = 1% significance level, b = 5%