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Nope, having children later increases life expectancy. People have theories about why but it’s not been proved IMO. I’ll try to find the paper later...
by andy_ppp 6y ago
Nope, having children later increases life expectancy. People have theories about why but it’s not been proved IMO. I’ll try to find the paper later...
- throwaway333444 6y agoSource?
- andy_ppp 6y agohttps://time.com/4574770/older-moms-may-live-longer/ https://time.com/4574770/older-moms-may-live-longer/ For example...
- keenreed 6y agoIt is the other way around, healthy men with increased life span are more likely to have a children. Sick short malnourished male is less likely to find partner, let alone have a children. Study also excludes divorced men who technically have children, but do not live with them. Divorce decreases life expectancy severely.
- valenterry 6y agoYeah, exactly this. We should really stop using the word "increases" to describe a correlation and use "goes hand in hand with" or something like that. Same for your usage of "decreases". ;)
- vasco 6y agoI'd think its more about lifestyle choices. Easier to ride motorcycles and jump out of planes if you're not changing diapers.
- andy_ppp 6y agoYes I guess also the richer you are the more likely you are to live longer and delay kids. Maybe it’s just correlated.
- Jimmc414 6y agoRespectfully, you seem to be confusing correlation with causation. A very common mistake. I don't believe that drowning deaths are caused by ice cream sales either, but I can easily prepare the data in a way that makes that appear like a solid assertion. Edit: I am intrigued by the downvotes. Perhaps I am wrong and ice cream sales actually do cause drowning deaths.