Understanding Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy: Does Residential Context Matter?

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Examines the association between rurality, maternal smoking during pregnancy, and county-level social capital defined as the connections between individuals, including social networks, reciprocity, and trustworthiness. Includes descriptive statistics on the women and their pregnancies, as well as information on county social capital and racial/ethnic composition.

Carla Shoff, Tse-Chuan Yang

Social Science & Medicine, 78, 50-60

02/2013

Maternal health and prenatal care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Tobacco use · Women