[Risk factors for premature birth. I. Analysis of selected factors in a group of non-working women].

Selected risk factors responsible for premature birth in a group of women non-employed professionally were discussed. The analysis included demographic (age, education, marital status, maternal body weight, the number of previous pregnancies, as well as spontaneous and artificial abortions reported in interview), social (smoking, exposure to tobacco smoke, family economic status, standard of living conditions, and facilities used in running the household), and medical (maternal health status before and during pregnancy, and perinatal care) factors, as well as work load at home. The authors found low maternal body weight, genital bleeding during pregnancy and work overload at home to be the most significant risk factors.