Abstract

Pregnancy smoking remains a major public health concern in the United States. Approximately 10.2% of women smoke during pregnancy, placing their offspring at increased risk for adverse perinatal and childhood outcomes.

However, little is known about contextual influences on pregnancy smoking. This study examines the intimate social context, broader social context, and socioeconomic context as predictors of smoking in a sample of 113 pregnant women (M _age = 29.7 years; 90.3% White, non-Hispanic).

We developed latent variables at each contextual level comprising ...

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