Martin Flatø

Biographic Data

ID3821360
NAMEMartin Flatø
GIVEN NAMESMartin
FAMILY NAMEFlatø
SIGNATUREFLÅTO M
AFFILIATIONSNorwegian Institute of Public Health
ORCID0000-0002-3737-436X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS28
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Fertility among Norwegian Women and Men with Mental Disorders

    Open AccessØystein Kravdal, Martin Flatø et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Population /…2025References: 77

    We analysed the associations between mental disorders and women’s and men’s first-, second- and third-birth rates in 2010–2018, using register data for the full Norwegian population. Having had at least one consultation for depression in primary or specialised health care in the calendar year before the preceding year was associated with lower birth rates. According to a simulation, the birth-rate reduction corresponds to a reduction in completed…

  • Secular trends in age at menarche in Norwegians born from 1840 to 2008

    Open AccessIngvild Særvold Bruserud, Edda Greaker et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2025References: 1

  • Distressing testing

    Open AccessKathryn Christine Beck, Helene Lie Røhr et al.ARTICLEChild Development2024

    This study used rich individual-level registry data covering the entire Norwegian population to identify students aged 17–21 who either failed a high-stakes exit exam or who received the lowest passing grade from 2006 to 2018. Propensity score matching on high-quality observed characteristics was utilized to allow meaningful comparisons (N = 18,052, 64% boys). Results showed a 21% increase in odds of receiving a psychological diagnosis among stud…

  • School Starting Age, Fertility, and Family Formation

    Open AccessKathryn Christine Beck, Rannveig Kaldager Hart et al.ARTICLEDemography2024Cited by: 1References: 55

    In the past 50 years, the age at first birth in Norway and other European countries has shifted, leading to concerns that individuals begin childbearing too late to reach their intended family size. This article analyzes the effect of school starting age on fertility and family formation by utilizing Norway's age-based school entry policy. Using individual-level register data and a regression discontinuity design, we find that being born after th…

  • The Global Adolescent Fertility Decline is Counteracted by Increasing Teen Births in Sub‐Saharan Africa

    Open AccessThomas Spoorenberg, Ellen Øen Carlsen et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning2024References: 28

    There is a lack of understanding of the persistence of elevated teen fertility rates in certain regions and countries, in contrast to the significant decline observed in other regions globally. This report considers fertility trends among 15‐ to 19‐year olds in the period 1950–2020 and explores potential driving factors behind the significant shifts that occurred over this period. The countries where teen fertility remains high are those with fas…

  • The Effectiveness of Free Face Mask Distribution on Use of Face Masks. A Cluster Randomised Trial in Stovner District of Oslo, Norway

    Open AccessAtle Fretheim, Ingeborg Hess Elgersma et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Face masks are recommended as a means of reducing the spread of COVID-19, but there are practically no studies of interventions to increase face mask use. Over three weeks, nine grocery stores in the Stovner District of Oslo were randomly selected each day to have distribution of free face masks outside their entrance. Free face mask distribution increased the proportion of customers wearing a mask by 6.0 percentage points (adjusted, 95% CI 3.5-8…

  • Covid-19

    Atle Fretheim, Martin Flatø et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2020References: 6

    One of the most controversial and radical societal interventions to curb the COVID-19 epidemic is the closing of schools and nurseries. There seems to be broad agreement that the effect this will have on the spread of the virus is uncertain, and the negative implications are obvious. Economic costs are high when parents must stay at home to take care of their children and cannot work1 for children, and social isolation and the impact on learning …

  • Rainfall shocks and intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessSara Cool, Sara Cools et al.ARTICLEJournal of Peace Research2020Cited by: 2References: 37

    Global climate change makes extreme precipitation events likely to become more frequent and intense in large parts of Africa. We study the effect of rainfall shocks on intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis shows the presence of spatial autocorrelation in rainfall shocks, which compromises the exogeneity of rainfall shocks in many applications. We correct for the autocorrelation using spatial polynomials. In particular, we …

  • The Differential Mortality of Undesired Infants in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessMartin FlatøARTICLEDemography2018References: 51

    With high rates of infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, investments in infant health are subject to tough prioritizations within the household, in which maternal preferences may play a part. How these preferences will affect infant mortality as African women have ever-lower fertility is still uncertain, as increased female empowerment and increased difficulty in achieving a desired gender composition within a smaller family pull in potentially…

  • Women, Weather, and Woes

    Open AccessMartin Flatø, Raya Muttarak et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2016Cited by: 25References: 10

    Existing gender inequality is believed to be heightened as a result of weather events and climate-related disasters that are likely to become more common in the future. We show that an already marginalized group—female-headed households in South Africa—is differentially affected by relatively modest levels of variation in rainfall, which households experience on a year-to-year basis. Data from three waves of the National Income Dynamics Survey in…