Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/248584 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Working Paper Series No. 2021-01
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
Increasing attention is being paid to social determinants of health. We study how quasi-randomly assigned peer groups affect social support among over 24,000 pregnant women, and how social support in these peer groups relates to mothers' well-being both during and after pregnancy as well as birth outcomes. We find that while having more peer groups reduces observable social support in terms of information exchange, it does not seem to undermine perceived social support. Higher perceived social support from online peer groups is positively associated with both prenatal and postnatal mental health of the mothers as well as newborns' birth weight.
Subjects: 
Social support
Peer groups
Mental health
IV
Survey
JEL: 
I10
I31
J13
C36
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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