Association between the COVID-19 vaccination campaign and fertility trends: a population-level time series analysis for 22 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

At the turn of 2021-2022, monthly birth rates declined in many higher-income countries. We explore how the rollout of COVID-19 vaccination was associated with this decline.

Methods

Using an interrupted time series design, we evaluate the impact of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the start of COVID-19 vaccination on seasonally adjusted monthly total fertility rates in 22 high-income countries. We study the associations between COVID-19 vaccination and fertility by additionally controlling for youth unemployment, stringency index and vaccination coverage. Fertility data come from the Short-Term Fertility Fluctuations data series under the Human Fertility Database. Indicators used as control variables originate from Eurostat and OECD databases, Oxford COVID-

SUBMITTER: Jasilioniene A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11842981 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature