THE HEALTH OF OLDER WOMEN AFTER HIGH PARITY IN TAFT, IRAN

High parity has been hypothesised to lead to a shorter and less healthy life. Using the 2007 Taft Ageing Health and Fertility Survey consisting of 696 women aged 50-79, this paper examines the extent to which women's health in middle and older ages is affected by their childbearing histories. T...

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Published in:Asian population studies 2011-11, Vol.7 (3), p.263-274
Main Authors: Hosseini-Chavoshi, Meimanat, Abbasi-Shavazi, Mohammad Jalal, Engelman, Michal, Agree, Emily, Bishai, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Ageing
Aging
birth interval
Birth intervals
Demography
Fertility
Health
Iran
Older people
parity
Personal health
Well-being
Women
Women's health
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Summary:High parity has been hypothesised to lead to a shorter and less healthy life. Using the 2007 Taft Ageing Health and Fertility Survey consisting of 696 women aged 50-79, this paper examines the extent to which women's health in middle and older ages is affected by their childbearing histories. The results show that high parity (>8) is associated with a reduction of GP-rated health by 0.094 points on a scale from 1 to 10. These health reductions are four times as large as those of an extra year of age, and are robust to controlling for birth interval, age, area of residence, education, marital status, work history, economic satisfaction and surviving daughters. There is a positive but curvilinear relationship between shorter birth intervals (
ISSN:1744-1730
1744-1749
DOI:10.1080/17441730.2011.608986