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Associations between maternal older age, family environment and parent and child wellbeing in families using assisted reproductive techniques to conceive

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  • Boivin, J.
  • Rice, Frances
  • Hay, Dale
  • Harold, Gordon
  • Lewis, Allyson
  • van den Bree, Marianne M.B.
  • Thapar, Anita

Abstract

Maternal age effects on parenting and family outcomes are of increasing interest because of the demographic shift toward older maternal age at first birth. Maternal age is also of interest because of the greater use of assisted reproductive techniques (ART) to bypass age-related infertility in couples trying to conceive late in the reproductive life cycle of the woman. The aim of the present study was to investigate maternal age effects associated with delayed parenting by comparing families of mothers who gave birth at a younger ( 38 years) age and to ascertain whether associations were linear associations by comparing these groups to women who had conceived in between these ages (i.e., >31 and

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  • Boivin, J. & Rice, Frances & Hay, Dale & Harold, Gordon & Lewis, Allyson & van den Bree, Marianne M.B. & Thapar, Anita, 2009. "Associations between maternal older age, family environment and parent and child wellbeing in families using assisted reproductive techniques to conceive," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 68(11), pages 1948-1955, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:68:y:2009:i:11:p:1948-1955
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    1. Chris Skedgel & Patricia Cubi-Molla & David Mott & Sofia Gameiro & Jacky Boivin & Hareth Al-Janabi & John Brazier & Marie Markert & Fredrik L. Andersson & Mireia Jofre-Bonet, 2023. "Unmet Parenthood Goals, Health-Related Quality of Life and Apparent Irrationality: Understanding the Value of Treatments for Infertility," PharmacoEconomics - Open, Springer, vol. 7(3), pages 337-344, May.
    2. Anna Rybiñska, 2014. "Motherhood after the age of 35 in Poland," Working Papers 65, Institute of Statistics and Demography, Warsaw School of Economics.

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