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

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...

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Published in:BMC public health 2022-04, Vol.22 (1), p.682-682, Article 682
Main Authors: Zhou, Wan-Li, Zhang, Shuo, Yang, Hua-Lei, Gu, Ying-Wen, Yao, Yi-Dan, Wu, Yuan-Yang, Zhang, Si-Qing
Format: Article
Language:English
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
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Summary: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 formulating active fertility policies in low-fertility countries. Based on the data of the deaths of 1623 older adults aged 65 and above during 2014-2018 in the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, this study explores the relationship between the number of children born and older rural women's longevity using the ordinary least squares method. Furthermore, the impact of fertility on the longevity of men and women in rural and urban areas, along with other reproductive behaviours on older rural women's longevity, were analysed. There was a significant negative correlation between the number of children born and women's longevity (β = - 0.555, p 
ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-022-13039-6