PMID- 25115228
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160218
LR  - 20150729
IS  - 1469-7599 (Electronic)
IS  - 0021-9320 (Linking)
VI  - 47
IP  - 5
DP  - 2015 Sep
TI  - FERTILITY INTENTIONS AND EARLY LIFE HEALTH STRESS AMONG WOMEN IN EIGHT INDIAN 
      CITIES: TESTING THE REPRODUCTIVE ACCELERATION HYPOTHESIS.
PG  - 632-49
LID - 10.1017/S0021932014000261 [doi]
AB  - In life history theory, early life adversity is associated with an accelerated 
      reproductive tempo. In harsh and unpredictable conditions in developing societies 
      fertility is generally higher and the reproductive tempo faster than in more 
      secure environments. This paper examines whether differences in female 
      anthropometry, particularly adult height, are associated with fertility 
      intentions of women in urban environments in India. The study population consists 
      of women aged 15-29 (N=4485) in slums and non-slums of eight Indian cities in the 
      National Family Health Survey (NFHS) of 2005-2006. Adult height is taken as a 
      proxy for early childhood health and nutritional condition. Fertility intentions 
      are examined by using two variables: the desire to have a child or another child, 
      and to have it relatively soon, as indicative of accelerated reproductive 
      scheduling. Evidence supporting the acceleration hypothesis is found in two urban 
      frames out of 26 examined in a two-staged multinomial logistic model. In three 
      cases, the relationship between fertility intentions and height is the opposite 
      than expected by the acceleration hypothesis: taller women have a higher 
      predictive probability of desiring a(nother) child and/or narrower birth spacing. 
      Potential explanations for the partly contradictory relationship between the 
      childhood health indicator and fertility intentions are discussed.
FAU - Kulathinal, Sangita
AU  - Kulathinal S
AD  - *Department of Food and Environmental Sciences,University of Helsinki,Finland.
FAU - Saavala, Minna
AU  - Saavala M
AD  - daggerPopulation Research Institute,Vaestoliitto, Helsinki,Finland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20140813
PL  - England
TA  - J Biosoc Sci
JT  - Journal of biosocial science
JID - 0177346
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Anthropometry
MH  - *Birth Intervals
MH  - *Body Height
MH  - Child
MH  - *Family Characteristics
MH  - Female
MH  - *Fertility
MH  - Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - India
MH  - Intention
MH  - Male
MH  - Poverty Areas
MH  - Regression Analysis
MH  - *Stress, Psychological
MH  - *Urban Population
MH  - Women's Health
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2014/08/15 06:00
MHDA- 2016/02/19 06:00
CRDT- 2014/08/14 06:00
PHST- 2014/08/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/08/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/02/19 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0021932014000261 [pii]
AID - 10.1017/S0021932014000261 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Biosoc Sci. 2015 Sep;47(5):632-49. doi: 10.1017/S0021932014000261. Epub 2014 
      Aug 13.