Parity and Mortality
An Examination of Different Explanatory Mechanisms Using Data on Biological and Adoptive Parents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11295039 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K Barclay (0000-0002-5142-8467, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, corresponding author), Martin Kolk (0000-0002-7175-4040, Stockholm University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-85 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0168-6577 • E-ISSN: 1572-9885 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10680-018-9469-1 |
| PMID | 30976268 |
| OpenAlex | W2794136459 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 50 |
A growing literature has demonstrated a relationship between parity and mortality, but the explanation for that relationship remains unclear. This study aims to pick apart physiological and social explanations for the parity-mortality relationship by examining the mortality of parents who adopt children, but who have no biological children, in comparison with the mortality of parents with biological children. Using Swedish register data, we study post-reproductive mortality amongst women and men from cohorts born between 1915 and 1960, over ages 45-97. Our results show the relative risks of mortality for adoptive parents are always lower than those of parents with biological children. Mortality amongst adoptive parents is lower for those who adopt more than one child, while for parents with biological children we observe a U-shaped relationship, where parity-two parents have the lowest mortality. Our discussion considers the relative importance of physiological and social depletion effects, and selection processes
Child mortality · Developmental psychology · Parity (physics · Population · Sociology · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |