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Childhood hearing impairment and fertility in Norway

hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Economie et de Gestion des Organisations de Santé [Legos]
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
dc.contributor.authorBonsang, Éric
dc.contributor.authorEngdahl, Bo
dc.contributor.authorSkirbekk, Vegard
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-01T11:00:21Z
dc.date.available2022-02-01T11:00:21Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.urihttps://basepub.dauphine.psl.eu/handle/123456789/22506
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectDisabilityen
dc.subjectRisk factorsen
dc.subjectSocial evolutionen
dc.subject.ddc334en
dc.subject.classificationjelJ11en
dc.subject.classificationjelJ12en
dc.subject.classificationjelI12en
dc.titleChildhood hearing impairment and fertility in Norwayen
dc.typeArticle accepté pour publication ou publié
dc.description.abstractenThere is a lack of studies assessing how hearing impairment relates to reproductive outcomes. We examined whether childhood hearing impairment (HI) affects reproductive patterns based on longitudinal Norwegian population level data for birth cohorts 1940–1980. We used Poisson regression to estimate the association between the number of children ever born and HI. The association with childlessness is estimated by a logit model. As a robustness check, we also estimated family fixed effects Poisson and logit models. Hearing was assessed at ages 7, 10 and 13, and reproduction was observed at adult ages until 2014. Air conduction hearing threshold levels were obtained by pure-tone audiometry at eight frequencies from 0.25 to 8 kHz. Fertility data were collected from Norwegian administrative registers. The combined dataset size was N = 50,022. Our analyses reveal that HI in childhood is associated with lower fertility in adulthood, especially for men. The proportion of childless individuals among those with childhood HI was almost twice as large as that of individuals with normal childhood hearing (20.8% vs. 10.7%). The negative association is robust to the inclusion of family fixed effects in the model that allow to control for the unobserved heterogeneity that are shared between siblings, including factors related to the upbringing and parent characteristics. Less family support in later life could add to the health challenges faced by those with HI. More attention should be given to how fertility relates to HI.en
dc.relation.isversionofjnlnameScientific Reports
dc.relation.isversionofjnlvol12en
dc.relation.isversionofjnlissue402en
dc.relation.isversionofjnldate2022
dc.relation.isversionofdoi10.1038/s41598-021-04195-7en
dc.relation.isversionofjnlpublisherSpringer Natureen
dc.subject.ddclabelEconomie socialeen
dc.relation.forthcomingnonen
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dc.description.audienceInternationalen
dc.relation.Isversionofjnlpeerreviewedouien
dc.date.updated2022-02-01T08:28:07Z
hal.identifierhal-03550863
hal.version1
dc.subject.classificationjelHALJ.J1.J11en
dc.subject.classificationjelHALJ.J1.J12en
dc.subject.classificationjelHALI.I1.I12en
hal.date.transferred2022-02-01T11:00:22Z
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