Fertility and Longevity
A Soviet Interpretation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13630708 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Walter C Mc Kain (University of Connecticut, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 361-366 |
| Publication date | 1977-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/hq85-b7gh-lqdx-r9ge |
| OpenAlex | W1972824675 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Demographers in the United States as in the Soviet Union have explored the possibility that a positive association exists between the fertility of women and their longevity. Most Soviet researchers are convinced there is empirical evidence to support the hypothesis but their counterparts in the United States are less sanguine. The interrelationship between sex, fertility, good health and long life have intrigued philosophers, statisticians, physiologists and gerontologists and they have spawned a great variety of explanations
Economics · Fertility · Interpretation (philosophy · Longevity · Political science · Politics · Population · Positive economics · Sociology · Soviet union · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · Demography · History · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Gerontology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |