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Table 3 shows the extent to which different characteristics explain differences between Roma and non-Roma infants in birth weight and gestational age.
We note that Roma children and their teachers reported higher levels of mental health problems, whereas few differences between Roma and non-Roma were evident based on parent report in Romania.
Finally, we examined the extent to which the differences between Roma and non-Roma birth outcomes can be explained by available covariates.
First, to quantify the differences between Roma and non-Roma (i.e. European origin) infants in birth weight, gestational age and intrauterine growth.
In additional analyses, we found no evidence for an interaction between ethnicity and calendar year: the differences between Roma and non-Roma groups remained constant over the study period (not shown in table).
There was also no interaction between ethnicity and district; despite the difference in the size of the Roma population between the two districts, the differences between Roma and non-Roma groups were similar in Teplice and in Prachatice (not shown in table).
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The objective of this study was to quantify the differences in birth outcomes between Roma and non-Roma mothers in the Czech Republic and to investigate the potential causes of such differences.
There are striking differences in birth outcomes between Roma and non-Roma mothers.
We also examined differences in mental health between Roma and non-Roma based on teacher report.
This is not surprising, because there were huge differences in educational attainment between Roma and non-Roma mothers in this study (table 1), and because maternal education has been previously shown to be the key determinant of low birth weight, preterm birth, intrauterine growth and infant mortality in the Czech population [ 18, 19].
Roma leaders acknowledged that such practices reinforced prejudices -- and helped erect walls, imagined and real, between Roma and non-Roma citizens.
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