Influence of time since naturalisation on socioeconomic status and low birth weight among immigrants in Belgium. A population-based study.

Background Increasingly studies show that immigrants have different perinatal health outcomes compared to native-born women. Nevertheless, we lack a detailed examination of the combined effects of maternal immigrant trajectory and socioeconomic status on perinatal outcomes. Our objective was to analyze the influence of time since naturalization on low birth weight and maternal socioeconomic status in Belgium. Methods The data came from the linkage between the Brussels birth and death registers, the national register of migrant trajectories and the social security register for the years 2004-20... Mehr ...