Parity and post-reproductive mortality among U.S. Black and White women: Evidence from the health and retirement study.

Population health research finds women's mortality risk associated with childlessness, low parity (one child), and high parity (6+ children) in a U-shaped pattern, although U.S. studies are inconsistent overall and by race/ethnicity. Parity, however, is contingent on women's biophysiologic...

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Main Authors: Cheryl Elman, Angela M O'Rand, Andrew S London
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310629
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