Adverse Birth Outcomes Returning women who had been pregnant during their last interview (eg, in the previous wave) were asked: for your last pregnancy, did any of the following occur?, with the response options preterm birth (birth of baby less than 37 weeks gestational age), baby with low birth weight (less than 5 lbs 8 oz), baby with birth defects, placenta previa, placenta abruption, or pre-eclampsia. Using a derived variable in the dataset, women were defined as having an adverse birth outcome if they endorsed at least one of the birth outcomes
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Always remember to handle droppings carefully, as they can sometimes carry diseases
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