Impact of fertility on the longevity of older rural Chinese women: an analysis of a longitudinal survey

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 22; no. 1; p. 682
• Main Authors: Zhou, Wan-Li, Zhang, Shuo, Yang, Hua-Lei, Gu, Ying-Wen, Yao, Yi-Dan, Wu, Yuan-Yang, Zhang, Si-Qing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 07.04.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adults; Age; Aged; Aging; Birth structure; Births; Care and treatment; Child; Children; China; Correlation analysis; Daughters; Developing Countries; Diagnosis; Empirical analysis; Female; Fertility; Gender differences; Gender inequality; Health aspects; Health promotion; Humans; Hypotheses; Infertility, Female; Least squares method; Life expectancy; Longevity; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Men; Mortality; Number of children; Older adults; Older people; Physiology; Policies; Polls & surveys; Population Dynamics; Pregnancy; Risk factors; Rural areas; Rural Population; Rural women; Social aspects; Socioeconomic Factors; Tradeoffs; Urban areas; Urban Population; Women; Womens health; China; Sweden; Rural women; Number of children; Longevity; Older adults; Birth structure

This study evaluates the impact of fertility during the childbearing period on the longevity of older rural Chinese women and verifies whether any trade-off exists between women's longevity and their number of children to provide empirical evidence for improving health intervention policies and...