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Health Care for Women International Volume 41, 2020 - Issue 1
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Polygamy and birth outcomes among Bedouin women of the Negev: The contribution of social determinants and pregnancy complications

Alexandra Berger-PolskyDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel;
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Nihaya DaoudDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel; Correspondence[email protected]
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Ruslan SergienkoDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-9583-008X
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Eyal SheinerDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, IsraelORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-0454-6874
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Ilana Shoham-VardiDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4825-999X
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Natalya BilenkoDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel;
Pages 54-74 | Received 26 Oct 2018, Accepted 01 Jul 2019, Published online: 24 Jul 2019
 
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Abstract

Polygamy has been associated with adverse health outcomes. We examined the association between polygamy and adverse birth outcomes (composite score of preterm birth, low birth weight, small for gestational age, Apgar score < 7) using survey data linked to retrospective medical data of 9,872 cohort Bedouin women who bore live singletons in a large medical center in Southern Israel between 2008 and 2014. Women in polygamous marriages (18%) were more likely to have adverse birth outcomes after considering different factors (AOR = 1.28, 95% CI = 1.09–1.51), indicating that polygamy is an independent risk factor for birth outcomes that should be considered in research and clinical practice.

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