通过32个出生队伍的认知能力来确定男性生育模式的稳定性和变化
Bernt Bratsberg1, Ole Rogeberg1
1Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Oslo, Norway.
Biology letters
|June 28, 2023
概括
男性的更高的认知能力 (CA) 与延迟但增长的终身生育能力相关,这一模式在最近的出生队列中稳定. 这与较低的CA群体形成鲜明对比,特别是那些高无子女率的群体.
科学领域:
- 人口统计学 人口统计学
- 人类生物学 人类生物学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 认知能力 (CA) 与生育之间的联系尚未得到充分证实.
- 了解不同认知层次的生育模式对于人口和社会研究至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究男性认知能力得分与终身生育模式之间的关系.
- 为了检查这种关系如何在1950-1981年的出生队伍中在重大社会变化期间演变.
主要方法:
- 利用挪威的综合行政登记册来获取全人口数据.
- 在各种认知分数组和出生队伍中分析了男性一生的生育模式.
主要成果:
- 在认知能力组中观察到生育率和其时间的系统差异.
- 与得分较低的男性相比,具有较高认知分数的男性表现出延迟但最终更高的生育能力.
- 随着时间的推移,CA与生育率之间的这种积极关联始终保持一致,尽管生育率的整体趋势.
结论:
- 认知能力与男性明显的生育模式有关,其特点是延迟生育,但高CA个体的整体生育率更高.
- 在认知分数最低的群体中,高无子率显著影响了整体的CA-生育关系.
- 这些发现强调了近几十年来男性的认知能力和生育能力之间的稳定,积极的相关性.
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