Parenthood is associated with lower suicide risk: a register-based cohort study of 1.5 million Swedes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether parenthood among 25- to 44-year-olds is associated with a lower suicide rate in men and women in Sweden, and whether this is explained by selection into parenthood.

Methods

In total, 1,582,360 Swedish women and men, born between 1967 and 1985, and childless at their 25^th birthday, were followed from 1992 to 2011. All data originated from linkage to national Swedish registers. Cox regression models were used with time-varying parenthood status to estimate adjusted hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals (aHR;CI) for suicide.

Results

Having one, two, three or more children was associated with 64%, 79% and 78% lower suicide rate, respectively, compared with having no children, in models with basic adjustments. When a wide rang

SUBMITTER: Dehara M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7983926 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature