Men's Preconception Health and Fertility Intentions: A Latent Class Analysis Approach.

ABSTRACT: Men's pregnancy intention is associated with a host of positive outcomes for families, yet this topic remains understudied. Because unintended pregnancies are more likely to occur at suboptimal parental health, this study aimed to examine the extent to which men improve their preconception health in the context of future fertility planning. This study used pooled data from the 2011-2019 National Survey of Family Growth for a final sample size of 10,223. Latent class analysis (LCA) was used to identify distinct classes of men's preconception health. Eight preconception health risk factors were used to determine class membership. A classify-analyze approach was used to create the preconception health phenotype (PhP) exposure variable. The outcome of interest was men's fertility intent

SUBMITTER: Anakwe A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9663665 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature