Fertility decline and the emergence of excess female survival in post-reproductive ages in Italy
Abstract In Italy, at least in the cohorts born up to the beginning of the twentieth century, women’s mortality in post-reproductive ages was influenced by fertility, with large progenies (and, to a lesser extent, childlessness) leading to markedly lower survival chances. This relationship proved st...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2022-05-01
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| Series: | Genus |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-022-00166-6 |