| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 衛生政策與管理研究所 === 92 === Objective: To assess the relationship between re-employment and pregnancy outcomes of spouse for male workers who lost job due to factory closure.
Design：Longitudinal study using data from the Labor Insurance, and the National Databank of Births provided by the Bureau of Health Promotion.
Participants: 3,231 singleton newborns.
Main outcome measures: Incidence of preterm delivery and low birthweight.
Results: The incidence of preterm and low birthweight were 6.3% and 5.4%, respectively, for singleton newborns whose fathers lost job due to factory closure. The incidence of preterm for workers who continued being unemployed, was higher by 56% than workers who were re-employed after company closedown, and by 51% for the incidence of low birthweight. By using logistic regression analysis, we found that, after adjusting father’s age and insured wage, mother’s age and health problems, and newborn’s sex, re-employment was significantly associated with preterm (P<0.01), and the incidence of low birthweight. (P<0.05). However, re-employment had no bearing on low birthweight (P=0.22), after taking preterm into account.
Conclusions: Re-employment is powerful in determining the incidence of preterm and low birthweight among workers of closed factory.
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