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Table 3 Lineal decompositions of the differences in birthweight between HIC mothers and mothers of other origins

From: Beyond the healthy immigrant paradox: decomposing differences in birthweight among immigrants in Spain

 

NHI-EUR – HIC

AFC – HIC

LAC – HIC

ASC – HIC

Coef.

SD

P > z

[95%

CI]

Coef.

SD

P > z

[95%

CI]

Coef.

SD

P > z

[95%

CI]

Coef.

SD

P > z

[95%

CI]

Overall

 HIC

3368.3

1.5

0.000

3365.4

3371.1

3407.4

1.3

0.000

3404.8

3410.1

3390.1

1.0

0.000

3388.2

3392.0

3320.7

2.9

0.000

3315.1

3326.3

 Other origin

3318.1

1.8

0.000

3314.7

3321.6

3318.1

1.8

0.000

3314.7

3321.6

3318.1

1.8

0.000

3314.7

3321.6

3318.1

1.8

0.000

3314.7

3321.6

 Difference

50.2

2.3

0.000

45.7

54.6

89.3

2.2

0.000

84.9

93.7

72.0

2.0

0.000

68.1

76.0

2.6

3.4

0.443

−4.0

9.2

 Explained

26.9

1.4

0.000

24.0

29.7

63.3

1.7

0.000

60.0

66.7

27.7

0.8

0.000

26.1

29.3

17.9

2.3

0.000

13.5

22.4

 Unexplained

23.3

1.8

0.000

19.8

26.8

26.0

1.4

0.000

23.1

28.8

44.3

1.9

0.000

40.7

47.9

−15.3

2.5

0.000

−20.3

−10.4

Explained

 Infant sex

0.7

0.3

0.034

0.1

1.4

0.9

0.3

0.002

0.4

1.5

0.3

0.3

0.267

−0.2

0.8

1.2

0.4

0.005

0.4

2.1

 Birth order

−3.8

0.2

0.000

−4.3

−3.3

18.8

0.5

0.000

17.7

19.8

5.7

0.3

0.000

5.2

6.2

10.0

0.5

0.000

8.9

11.0

 Labor complications

−0.4

0.1

0.000

−0.6

−0.2

0.1

0.1

0.071

0.0

0.2

0.6

0.1

0.000

0.4

0.7

−0.5

0.1

0.000

−0.8

− 0.2

 Caesarean delivery

−0.2

0.1

0.211

−0.5

0.1

−0.1

0.1

0.230

−0.2

0.1

0.9

0.1

0.000

0.7

1.1

0.0

0.1

0.895

−0.1

0.2

 Age of mother

5.6

0.9

0.000

3.8

7.4

5.0

0.8

0.000

3.5

6.5

−0.1

0.4

0.765

−1.0

0.7

1.6

1.3

0.231

−1.0

4.2

 Marital status of mother

0.8

0.1

0.000

0.6

1.0

6.5

0.8

0.000

5.0

8.1

0.2

0.1

0.212

−0.1

0.4

0.6

0.6

0.256

−0.5

1.7

 Education of mother

−7.6

0.9

0.000

−9.4

−5.8

−1.0

1.8

0.560

−4.5

2.5

4.3

0.7

0.000

3.0

5.5

−8.7

2.0

0.000

−12.7

−4.7

 Family class

−2.1

1.0

0.041

−4.1

−0.1

−1.6

1.6

0.325

−4.8

1.6

3.9

0.7

0.000

2.6

5.2

−9.9

1.6

0.000

−13.0

−6.8

 Citizenship of mother

23.2

1.3

0.000

20.7

25.6

10.1

1.0

0.000

8.1

12.1

2.3

0.1

0.000

2.0

2.6

14.7

1.3

0.000

12.2

17.2

 Age of father

−1.1

0.5

0.022

−2.0

−0.2

1.9

0.3

0.000

1.4

2.4

−0.4

0.3

0.081

−0.9

0.1

1.3

0.8

0.095

−0.2

2.9

 Migratory status of father

11.7

1.1

0.000

9.6

13.8

22.8

1.7

0.000

19.5

26.1

10.2

0.5

0.000

9.1

11.2

7.5

2.1

0.000

3.4

11.6