Education, Other Socioeconomic Characteristics Across the Life Course, and Fertility Among Finnish Men.

ABSTRACT: The level of education and other adult socioeconomic characteristics of men are known to associate with their fertility, but early-life socioeconomic characteristics may also be related. We studied how men's adult and early-life socioeconomic characteristics are associated with their eventual fertility and whether the differences therein by educational level are explained or mediated by other socioeconomic characteristics. The data on men born in 1940-1950 (N = 37,082) were derived from the 1950 Finnish census, which is linked to later registers. Standard and sibling fixed-effects Poisson and logistic regression models were used. Education and other characteristics were positively associated with the number of children, largely stemming from a higher likelihood of a first birth amon

SUBMITTER: Nisen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6096873 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature