Researchers say people who live in economically deprived neighborhoods are about 20% less likely to conceive, compared to people from areas with more resources.
People who live in economically deprived neighborhoods are about 20% less likely to conceive, compared to people from areas with more resources, researchers said.
"Turns out, before you're even conceived, there may be things affecting your health," she said in a university news release. The researchers then compared participants based on their"area-deprivation index" score, which measured socioeconomic resources in a neighborhood. The team measured this score at both national and within-state levels.
The majority of study participants were white, had completed a four-year college education and earned more than $50,000 a year.
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