Risk of Excess and Inadequate Gestational Weight Gain among Hispanic Women: Effects of Immigration Generational Status

Sajeevika S. Daundasekara, Daniel P. O’Connor, Jodi Berger Cardoso, Tracey Ledoux and Daphne C. Hernandez
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Sajeevika S. Daundasekara: Department of Health & Human Performance, The University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
Daniel P. O’Connor: Department of Health & Human Performance, The University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
Jodi Berger Cardoso: Graduate College of Social Work, The University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
Tracey Ledoux: Department of Health & Human Performance, The University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
Daphne C. Hernandez: Department of Research, Cizik School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 18, 1-13

Abstract: There is a dearth of information on the risk of inadequate and excess gestational weight gain (GWG) among different generations of Hispanic women in the United States. Therefore, the objective of this study was to understand the relationship of GWG and immigration across three generations of Hispanic women. The study was conducted using data from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79). The study sample included 580 (unweighted count) women (148 first-generation, 117 second-generation, and 315 third-/higher-generation). Sociodemographic and immigration data were extracted from the main NLSY79 survey, and pregnancy data were extracted from the child/young adult survey following the biological children born to women in NLSY79. Covariate adjusted weighted logistic regression models were conducted to assess the risk of inadequate and excess GWG among the groups. Average total GWG was 14.98 kg, 23% had inadequate GWG, and 50% had excess GWG. After controlling for the covariates, there was no difference in the risk of inadequate GWG between the three generations. First-generation women (OR = 0.47, p = 0.039) and third-/higher-generation women (OR = 0.39, p = 0.004) had significantly lower risk of excess GWG compared to second-generation women. It is important to recognize the generational status of Hispanic women as a risk factor for excess GWG.

Keywords: first-generation; second-generation; third-/higher-generation; immigrant; NLSY79; pregnancy; gestational weight gain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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