Changes in individual and contextual socio-economic level influence on reproductive behavior in Spanish women in the MCC-Spain study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The association between socioeconomic level and reproductive factors has been widely studied. For example, it is well known that women with lower socioeconomic status (SES) tend to have more children, the age at first-born being earlier. However, less is known about to what extent the great socioeconomic changes occurred in a country (Spain) could modify women reproductive factors. The main purpose of this article is to analyze the influence of individual and contextual socioeconomic levels on reproductive factors in Spanish women, and to explore whether this influence has changed over the last decades. METHODS:We performed a cross-sectional design using data from 2038 women recruited as population-based controls in an MCC-Spain case-control study. RESULTS:Higher parent's econom

SUBMITTER: Gomez-Acebo I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7160989 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature