Mortality risk predicts global, local, and individual patterns of human reproduction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human reproductive dynamics in the post-industrial world are typically explained by economic, technological, and social factors including the prevalence of contraception and increasing numbers of women in higher education and the workforce. These factors have been targeted by multiple world governments as part of family policies, yet those policies have had limited success. The current work adopts a life history perspective from evolutionary biology: like most species, human populations may respond to safer environments marked by lower morbidity and mortality by slowing their reproduction and reducing their number of offspring. We test this association on three levels of analysis using global, local, and individual data from publicly available databases.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Brandt E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11391807 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature