The relationship between disability and parental status: a register study of the 1968 to 1970 birth cohorts

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 21; no. 1; p. 343
• Main Authors: Namatovu, Fredinah, Lundevaller, Erling Häggström, Vikström, Lotta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 12.02.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Child; Children; Children & youth; Cohort Studies; Demographic aspects; Disabilities; Disability; Disability benefits; Disability pension; Disabled Persons; Early retirement; Family; Female; Fertility; Having children; Humans; Hypotheses; Labor force; Labor market; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Marital status; Marriage; Parental status; Parenthood; Parenting; Parents; Parents & parenting; Pensions; People with disabilities; Personal relationships; Regression analysis; Sweden - epidemiology; Women; Sweden; Disability; Having children; Parenting; Parenthood; Fertility; Parental status; Disability benefits; Early retirement; Children; Disability pension; Child

Having children is a major life course event yet some disabilities could make it biologically challenging and some others could limit access to necessary socioeconomic resources. To date, there is relatively little data on disability and parental status and our study aimed to investigate this relati...