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The Impact of the Main Negative Socio-Economic Factors on Female Fertility
The negative relationship between fertility and income is well known to economists and demographers. Developed countries have experienced a remarkable decline in their fertility rate as they have become richer. Lifestyle choices can affect a woman’s ability to conceive. Tobacco use and heavy drinkin...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9024718/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35455911 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10040734 |
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author | Țarcă, Viorel Țarcă, Elena Luca, Florin-Alexandru |
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description | The negative relationship between fertility and income is well known to economists and demographers. Developed countries have experienced a remarkable decline in their fertility rate as they have become richer. Lifestyle choices can affect a woman’s ability to conceive. Tobacco use and heavy drinking is associated with an increased risk of ovulation disorders, and being overweight or significantly underweight can inhibit normal ovulation. Our research is focused on evaluating the main risk factors that influence female fertility. We assembled a country-specific dataset on birth rate and socio-economic factors for 171 countries, using data integrated from publicly available data sources. The regression model shows that the negative factor with the greatest impact on female fertility is represented by the level of income per capita. The negative effects of smoking, alcohol consumption, and body weight on female fertility are also demonstrated, but with a lower impact compared to the average income per capita. |
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spelling | pubmed-90247182022-04-23 The Impact of the Main Negative Socio-Economic Factors on Female Fertility Țarcă, Viorel Țarcă, Elena Luca, Florin-Alexandru Healthcare (Basel) Article The negative relationship between fertility and income is well known to economists and demographers. Developed countries have experienced a remarkable decline in their fertility rate as they have become richer. Lifestyle choices can affect a woman’s ability to conceive. Tobacco use and heavy drinking is associated with an increased risk of ovulation disorders, and being overweight or significantly underweight can inhibit normal ovulation. Our research is focused on evaluating the main risk factors that influence female fertility. We assembled a country-specific dataset on birth rate and socio-economic factors for 171 countries, using data integrated from publicly available data sources. The regression model shows that the negative factor with the greatest impact on female fertility is represented by the level of income per capita. The negative effects of smoking, alcohol consumption, and body weight on female fertility are also demonstrated, but with a lower impact compared to the average income per capita. MDPI 2022-04-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9024718/ /pubmed/35455911 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10040734 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Țarcă, Viorel Țarcă, Elena Luca, Florin-Alexandru The Impact of the Main Negative Socio-Economic Factors on Female Fertility |
title | The Impact of the Main Negative Socio-Economic Factors on Female Fertility |
title_full | The Impact of the Main Negative Socio-Economic Factors on Female Fertility |
title_fullStr | The Impact of the Main Negative Socio-Economic Factors on Female Fertility |
title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of the Main Negative Socio-Economic Factors on Female Fertility |
title_short | The Impact of the Main Negative Socio-Economic Factors on Female Fertility |
title_sort | impact of the main negative socio-economic factors on female fertility |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9024718/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35455911 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10040734 |
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