About the Authors

Christopher G. Fawsitt

c.fawsitt@ucc.ie

Affiliations National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre, Cork, Ireland, School of Economics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Jane Bourke

Affiliation School of Economics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Richard A. Greene

Affiliation National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre, Cork, Ireland

Claire M. Everard

Affiliation Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland

Aileen Murphy

Affiliation School of Economics, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Jennifer E. Lutomski

Affiliation National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre, Cork, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Contributed critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content and approved its submission for publication: CGF JB RAG CME AM JEL. Conceived and designed the experiments: CGF JB JEL RAG AM. Performed the experiments: CGF JB AM. Analyzed the data: CGF JB JEL AM RAG CME. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CGF CME AM. Wrote the paper: CGF JB JEL AM RAG CME.