Age, relationship status, and the planning status of births

Hayford, Sarah R.; Guzzo, Karen Benjamin

doi:10.4054/demres.2010.23.13

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“…This result is similar to that obtained in previous studies, [34][35][36] this result is different from that obtained in other studies which showed no difference in dystocia, birth canal trauma between the two groups. 37 Most of the women (86.4%) did appropriate laboratory investigations.…”

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confidence: 55%

Quality of Antenatal Care and Outcome of Pregnancy in a Semi-Urban Area in Fako Division, Cameroon: A Cross-Sectional Study

Halle-Ekane¹,

Fotabong²,

Njotang³

et al. 2015

Women Health Open J

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Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 55%

Quality of Antenatal Care and Outcome of Pregnancy in a Semi-Urban Area in Fako Division, Cameroon: A Cross-Sectional Study

Halle-Ekane¹,

Fotabong²,

Njotang³

et al. 2015

Women Health Open J

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“…Perhaps the positive response to a birth is strongest when the experience is new, or higher-order births have a weaker impact because they are less likely to be planned (Hayford and Guzzo 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

Happiness: Before and After the Kids

2014

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Understanding how having children influences the parents' subjective well-being ("happiness") has great potential to explain fertility behavior. Most prior research on this topic is limited in that it uses cross-sectional data or has not considered modifying factors. We study parental happiness trajectories before and after the birth of a child using large British and German longitudinal data sets. We account for unobserved parental characteristics using fixed effects models and study how sociodemographic factors modify the parental happiness trajectories. Overall, we find that happiness increases in the years around the birth of the first child, then decreases to before-child levels. Sociodemographic factors strongly modify this pattern. Those who have children at older ages and those with higher socioeconomic resources have more positive and lasting happiness response to a first birth than younger or less educated parents. We also find that although the first two children increase happiness, the third does not. The results are similar in Britain and Germany and suggest that up to two, children increase happiness, and mostly among those who postpone childbearing. This pattern, which is consistent with the behavior emerging during the second demographic transition, provides new insights into the factors behind low and late fertility. Acknowledgements:We are grateful for comments from

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“…For instance, unintended births make up a higher proportion of births to teen and young mothers compared to older mothers (Barber and Emens 2006). Relationship status is also an important influence on the likelihood of an unintended birth (Williams, Abma, and Piccinio 1999; Guzman et al 2010; Hayford and Guzzo 2010). Although nonmarital childbearing has become increasingly common, unmarried women remain more likely to have unintended (vs. intended) births compared to married women (Guzman et al 2010; Williams et al 1999).…”

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Trajectories of Unintended Fertility

Rajan

Morgan

Harris

et al. 2017

Popul Res Policy Rev

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Having an unintended birth is strongly associated with the likelihood of having later unintended births. We use detailed longitudinal data from the Add Health Study (N=8,300) to investigate whether a host of measured sociodemographic, personality, and psychosocial characteristics select women into this “trajectory” of unintended childbearing. While some measured characteristics and aspects of the unfolding life course are related to unintended childbearing, explicitly modeling these effects does not greatly attenuate the association of an unintended birth with a subsequent one. Next, we statistically control for unmeasured time invariant covariates that affect all birth intervals, and again find that the association of an unintended birth with subsequent ones remains strong. This persistent, strong association may be the direct result of experiencing an earlier unplanned birth. We propose several mechanisms that might explain this strong association.

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Age, relationship status, and the planning status of births

Cited by 20 publications

References 46 publications

Quality of Antenatal Care and Outcome of Pregnancy in a Semi-Urban Area in Fako Division, Cameroon: A Cross-Sectional Study

Quality of Antenatal Care and Outcome of Pregnancy in a Semi-Urban Area in Fako Division, Cameroon: A Cross-Sectional Study

Happiness: Before and After the Kids

Trajectories of Unintended Fertility

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