Gestational age, parent education, and education in adulthood
- Bilsteen, Josephine Funck
- Alenius, Suvi
- Bråthen, Magne
- Børch, Klaus
- Ekstrøm, Claus Thorn
- Kajantie, Eero
- Lashkariani, Mariam
- Nurhonen, Markku
- Risnes, Kari
- Sandin, Sven
- van der Wel, Kjetil A.
- Wolke, Dieter
- Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo
DOIAbstract
BACKGROUND: Adults born preterm (<37 weeks) have lower educational attainment than those born term. Whether this relationship is modified by family factors such as socioeconomic background is, however, less well known. We investigated whether the relationship between gestational age and educational attainment in adulthood differed according to parents’ educational level in 4 Nordic countries. METHODS: This register-based cohort study included singletons born alive from 1987 up to 1992 in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. In each study population, we investigated effect modification by parents’ educational level (low, intermediate, high) on the association between gestational age at birth (25–44 completed weeks) and low educational ...
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