Using polygenic scores in social science research: Unraveling childlessness by Verweij, RM, Mills, MC, Stulp, G, Nolte, IM, Barban, N, Tropf, FC, Carrell, DT, Aston, KI, Zondervan, KT, Rahmioglu, N, Dalgaard, M, Skaarup, C, Hayes, MG, Dunaif, A, Guo, G, Snieder, H

“…In this study, we explore an innovative sociogenomic approach, which entails including key socio-demographic (marriage, education, occupation, religion, cohort) and genetic factors related to both behavioral [age at first birth (AFB), number of children ever born (NEB)] and biological fecundity-related outcomes (endometriosis, age at menopause and menarche, polycystic ovary syndrome, azoospermia, testicular dysgenesis syndrome) to explain childlessness. We examine the association of all sets of factors with childlessness as well as the interplay between them. …”