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Cohort fertility differences between men and women in a developed population: Evidence from Spain.
| Τίτλος: | Cohort fertility differences between men and women in a developed population: Evidence from Spain. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Requena M; Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia.; Grupo de Estudios 'Población y sociedad'., Reher DS; Grupo de Estudios 'Población y sociedad'.; Universidad Complutense de Madrid. |
| Πηγή: | Population studies [Popul Stud (Camb)] 2026 Jul; Vol. 80 (2), pp. 239-256. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Nov 06. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Routledge Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0376427 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1477-4747 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00324728 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Popul Stud (Camb) Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: London : Routledge Original Publication: London [etc.] Population Investigation Committee [etc.] |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Birth Rate*/trends , Fertility*, Humans ; Spain ; Female ; Male ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Adult ; Sex Factors ; Middle Aged ; Young Adult |
| Περίληψη: | Despite its significance, men's fertility has been largely overlooked in demographic research. This study seeks to address this gap by conducting a systematic comparative analysis of men's and women's fertility using data from the Spanish ECEPOV-2021 survey, a large-scale data set (N = 424,493) from the Spanish national statistical office. Findings indicate that women generally exhibit slightly higher completed cohort fertility rates than men, with exceptions among remarried, college-educated, and immigrant men, who show higher fertility than their female counterparts. Childlessness emerges as a key factor underlying fertility differentials between the sexes, accounting for nearly half of the observed difference. After using matching techniques to control for compositional differences, the study concludes that adjusting for demographic and socio-economic factors significantly reduces, although does not entirely eliminate, the fertility differential. Residual differences may stem from measurement errors, selection biases, or unmeasured variables. |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Spain; cohort fertility rate; composition effects; male fertility; matching; sex differences in fertility |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20251106 Date Completed: 20260701 Latest Revision: 20260707 |
| Update Code: | 20260708 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00324728.2025.2573930 |
| PMID: | 41195596 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1477-4747 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/00324728.2025.2573930 |