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Parenthood Can Help You Live Longer In Older Age, Research Suggests (theguardian.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Parenthood could boost your chances of living longer in your later years, according researchers who believe the effect could be down to children helping with care and support. While previous research has shown that adults with children live longer than those without, the new study unpicks how the effect plays out in older age. Modig and colleagues used national registry data to follow almost 1.5 million Swedes born between 1911 and 1925 as they aged. The team found that while the risk of death increased with age for all adults, having children was linked to greater longevity. The results are published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. At the age of 60, men who had children had almost two years more on their remaining life expectancy than those without, at 20.2 and 18.4 years respectively. A similar trend was seen for women aged 60, with life expectancies of 23.1 years for those without children and 24.6 years for mothers. By contrast at the age of 80, parents had a life expectancy of 7.7 years for men and 9.5 years for women, compared to 7 years for men without children and 8.9 years for women without children. The findings reveal that the benefits of having children became more pronounced with age -- an effect that was greater for men than women. Furthermore, the team found that having children had a stronger impact on the longevity of men who were not married than those with a spouse.
Are you sure it doesn't just feel longer?
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
Having children doesn't make you live longer. They just make it seem longer.
The environment will be fixed. Even if it doesn't look that way right now.
You're on slashdot mate. The environment is fine. Big conspiracy, hippy illuminati, etc etc.
I do not want your cheap brainburning drugs. They are useless for work. And I am a working man today.
I don't understand. Were you born an adult?
This is Slashdot. Many here were born knowing everything already..
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.