Economic crisis and stillbirth ratios: Evidence from Southern Europe
| Autor: | Georgia Verropoulou, Cleon Tsimbos, Dimitra Petropoulou |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Economics
media_common.quotation_subject Science HC Economic History and Conditions Social Sciences Recession Geographical locations Health Economics Economic indicator Pregnancy Medicine and Health Sciences Humans Public and Occupational Health European Union Sovereign debt reproductive and urinary physiology media_common Multidisciplinary Greece Portugal Obstetrics and Gynecology Regression analysis Stillbirth female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Socioeconomic Aspects of Health Health Care Europe Geography Austerity Economic Recession Italy Spain Correlation analysis Medicine Women's Health Demographic economics Female People and places Stillbirths European debt crisis Research Article |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0259623 (2021) PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | In this paper we assess the impact of the recent European recession on stillbirth indices over the course of the 2000s and 2010s; the analysis focuses on four Southern European countries (Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal), which were seriously affected by the sovereign debt crisis from around 2008 to 2017. We use national vital statistics and established economic indicators for the period 2000–2017; stillbirth ratios (stillbirths per 1000 livebirths) are the chosen response variable. For the purpose of the study, we employ correlation analysis and fit regression models. The overall impact of economic indicators on the stillbirth indices is sizeable and statistically robust. We find that a healthy economy is associated with low and declining levels of stillbirth measures. In contrast, economic recession appears to have an adverse effect (Greece, Italy and Spain), or an unclear impact (Portugal), on the stillbirth outcome. This study provides evidence of the adverse effect of the European sovereign debt crisis and ensuing period of austerity on a scarcely explored aspect of health. |
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