Pregnancy outcome in two different social classes

ABSTRACT

The present study was directed to correlate pregnancy outcome by social class. A sample of 765 recently delivered mothers were chosen randomly representing two different social classes. Unfavourable outcome of pregnancy was found to be more prevalent among low income, illiterate mothers with high parity, older age and defficient antental care. Also among mothers suffered from bleeding, toxaemia, kidney disease and past unfavourable outcome of pregnancy