Parenthood and Women's Subjective Well-being in a Low-income, High-fertility Context: A Case Study from Rural Gaza Province, Mozambique.

ABSTRACT: In rural high-fertility settings where people depend on subsistence agriculture, children are expected to provide material support to their parents in later life, with implications for physical health and material well-being of parents. Substantial research has examined these material consequences. Fewer studies have examined the implications of parenthood for subjective well-being in these contexts, in contrast to a larger body of research in low-fertility contexts. The existing studies of parenthood and subjective well-being in high-fertility contexts suggest that this relationship depends on parents' gender and age, but do not distinguish between the impact of parent life stage and the impact of child age and other child characteristics. In this study, we draw on data from a population-

SUBMITTER: Hayford SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12578741 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature