Fertility factor (demography)

Fertility factors are determinants of the number of children that an individual is likely to have. Fertility factors are mostly positive or negative correlations without certain causations.

This article is about determinants that are associated with how many children a person will have in total during their lifetime. For determinants of childbearing timing, see Advanced maternal age and Paternal age effect. For the factor in microbiology, see Fertility factor (bacteria).

Factors generally associated with increased fertility include the intention to have children, in advanced societies very high gender equality, religiosity, inter-generational transmission of values, marriage and cohabitation, maternal and social support, rural residence, pro family government programs, low IQ and increased food production.

Factors generally associated with decreased fertility include rising income, value and attitude changes, education, female labor participation, population control, age, contraception, partner reluctance to having children, very low level of gender equality, infertility, pollution, and obesity.

In the traditional medicine practice of Ayurveda, practitioners focus on four fertility factors to cultivate fertility holistically in the female body: seed, season, field, water.

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