New research finds evictions during pregnancy are tied to adverse birth outcomes
Babies born to people evicted during pregnancy are more likely to have lower birth weights and be born earlier or prematurely than those whose parents were evicted at other times, according to new research.
“It’s sort of this intergenerational transmission of disadvantage,” said Gracie Himmelstein, a Princeton researcher and author of the study, published in JAMA Pediatrics. Birth outcomes can serve as predictive measures not just for infant mortality, but for a person’s entire life, according to Himmelstein.
