Faster Transition to the Second Child in late 20th Century Finland: A Study of Birth Intervals

Birth intervals are known to influence child and parental health and wellbeing, yet studies on the recent development of birth intervals in contemporary developed societies are scarce. We used individual-level representative register data from Finland (N=26,120; 54% women) to study the first interbi...

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Published in:Finnish yearbook of population research 2014-12, Vol.49, p.73-86
Main Authors: Berg, Venla, Rotkirch, Anna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Age
age at first birth
Births
Children & youth
Education
Families & family life
Fertility
FINNFAMILY data
Health care expenditures
interbirth interval
Maternal & child health
Mothers
Parents & parenting
sibling spacing
Siblings
Studies
Women
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Summary:Birth intervals are known to influence child and parental health and wellbeing, yet studies on the recent development of birth intervals in contemporary developed societies are scarce. We used individual-level representative register data from Finland (N=26,120; 54% women) to study the first interbirth interval of singleton births in cohorts born in 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, and 1975. In women, the average interbirth interval has shortened by 7.8 months and in men by 6.2 months between the cohorts of 1955 and 1975. A higher age at first birth was associated with shorter birth intervals (in women, b = -1.68, p
ISSN:1796-6183
1796-6191
DOI:10.23979/fypr.48424