Women’s fertility and allostatic load in the post-reproductive years: An analysis of the Indonesian family life survey
Women’s fertility and allostatic load in the post-reproductive years: An analysis of the Indonesian family life survey
We know little about the effects of the reproductive health burden in contexts where unsafe abortions, miscarriages, stillbirths, and low-quality maternal care are common. The aim of this study is to investigate the use of allostatic load to understand the impact of reproductive histories on later-life health. We applied path models to the Indonesian Family Life Survey with a sample of 2,001 women aged 40+. Although number of children was not associated with allostatic load, pregnancies not ending in live birth and parenthood before age 18 were both negatively associated with health. We also identified clear cohort and educational effects and a possible rural advantage. Our contribution is twofold: we highlight the importance of reproductive histories beyond live births on women’s later-life health in a context of increasing population ageing, and we demonstrate the applicability of using allostatic load to measure health outside the Global North.
Indonesia, allostatic load, fertility, life course, pregnancy, women’s health
Leone, Tiziana
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Väisänen, Heini
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Witolear, Firman
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25 January 2023
Leone, Tiziana
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Väisänen, Heini
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Witolear, Firman
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Leone, Tiziana, Väisänen, Heini and Witolear, Firman
(2023)
Women’s fertility and allostatic load in the post-reproductive years: An analysis of the Indonesian family life survey.
Population Studies.
(doi:10.1080/00324728.2022.2160004).
Abstract
We know little about the effects of the reproductive health burden in contexts where unsafe abortions, miscarriages, stillbirths, and low-quality maternal care are common. The aim of this study is to investigate the use of allostatic load to understand the impact of reproductive histories on later-life health. We applied path models to the Indonesian Family Life Survey with a sample of 2,001 women aged 40+. Although number of children was not associated with allostatic load, pregnancies not ending in live birth and parenthood before age 18 were both negatively associated with health. We also identified clear cohort and educational effects and a possible rural advantage. Our contribution is twofold: we highlight the importance of reproductive histories beyond live births on women’s later-life health in a context of increasing population ageing, and we demonstrate the applicability of using allostatic load to measure health outside the Global North.
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Women s fertility and allostatic load in the post reproductive years An analysis of the Indonesian Family Life Survey
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Accepted/In Press date: 13 September 2022
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Indonesia, allostatic load, fertility, life course, pregnancy, women’s health
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