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At the contextual level, natural disasters, air pollution, and economic downturns are associated with higher risk of pregnancy loss. At the individual level, intense working schedules and financial strain are linked with increased risk of pregnancy loss both at early and later stages of the gestation.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION<\/jats:title>\n This work draws on high-quality individual data of \u2018Understanding Society\u2019, a longitudinal survey that has interviewed a representative sample of households living in the UK annually since 2009. Approximately 40\u00a0000 households were recruited. The analyses use all the available survey waves (1\u201312, 2009\u20132022).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n PARTICIPANTS\/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS<\/jats:title>\n The final sample consisted of 8142 pregnancy episodes that contain complete informationon pregnancy outcome and date of conception. Ongoing pregnancies at the time of the interview were excluded from the final sample. The outcome variable indicated whether a pregnancy resulted in a live birth or a pregnancy loss whereas the exposure variable identified the women\u2019s or their partner\u2019s job loss because of redundancy or a dismissal. Logistic regression models were employed to estimate the relation between job loss during pregnancy and pregnancy loss. The models were adjusted for an array of socio-demographic and economic characteristics following a stepwise approach. Several sensitivity analyses complemented the main findings.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE<\/jats:title>\n Baseline models controlling for women\u2019s demographic background and prior experience of miscarriage estimated an increased risk of pregnancy loss when women were exposed to their own or their partner\u2019s job loss during their pregnancy (odds ratio (OR) = 1.99, 95% CI: 1.32, 2.99). When the models were adjusted for all socio-economic and partnership-related covariates the association remained robust (OR = 1.81, 95% CI: 1.20, 2.73).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION<\/jats:title>\n First, the pregnancy outcome and the date of conception were self-reported and may besubjected to recall and social desirability bias. Second, although we adjusted for an array socio-demographic characteristics and self-reported health, other contextual factors might be correlated with both job loss and pregnancy loss. Third, owing to the limited sample size, we could not assess if the main finding holds across different socio-economic strata.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS<\/jats:title>\n By showing that exposure to a job loss during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage and stillbirth, we underline the relevance of pregnancy loss as a preventable public health matter. This result also calls for policy designthat enhances labour market protection and social security buffers for pregnant women and their partners.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n STUDY FUNDING\/COMPETING INTERESTS<\/jats:title>\n The authors received the following financial support for the research, authorship, and\/or publication of this article: H2020 Excellent Science, H2020 European Research Council, Grant\/Award Number: 694262 (project DisCont\u2014Discontinuities in Household and Family Formation) and the Economic and Social Research Centre on Micro-Social Change (MiSoC). There are no conflicts of interest to declare.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/humrep\/dead183","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,28]],"date-time":"2023-09-28T01:53:58Z","timestamp":1695866038000},"page":"2259-2266","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Job loss during pregnancy and the risk of miscarriage and stillbirth"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"38","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4272-9233","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alessandro","family":"Di Nallo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy, Bocconi University , Milan, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0158-1348","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Selin","family":"K\u00f6ksal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex , Colchester, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023110708011846700_dead183-B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1360","DOI":"10.1257\/jel.20171164","article-title":"Childhood circumstances and adult outcomes: act II","volume":"56","author":"Almond","year":"2018","journal-title":"J Econ Lit"},{"key":"2023110708011846700_dead183-B2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e12972","DOI":"10.1111\/soc4.12972","article-title":"Unequal effects of disruptive events","volume":"16","author":"Aquino","year":"2022","journal-title":"Sociol Compass"},{"key":"2023110708011846700_dead183-B3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"505","DOI":"10.1111\/padr.12403","article-title":"A little bit pregnant? 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