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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ageing Soc. 2015 Oct 29;37(3):495–516. doi: 10.1017/S0144686X15001221

Table 3.

Effects of low fertility (zero to two children) versus five or more children for older Mexican adults by age cohort from the Mexican Health and Ageing Study Wave 3 (2012)

Cohort
Variable 50–74 years old 75+ years old
Number of depressive symptoms + n.s.
Number of consumer durables +
Health insurance n.s.
Number of chronic conditions + +

Notes: N = 13,102. The sign refers to the effects of low fertility on the wellbeing of older Mexican adults.

Source: Authors’ calculations with information from the Mexican Health and Ageing Study (2012).

Significance level: n.s.: not statistically significant at the 95 per cent confidence level.