Minor changes in the incidence of primary and secondary involuntary childlessness across birth cohorts 1916 to 1975, but major differences in treatment success

Finn Egil Skjeldestad

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0287540

Loading metrics

Open Access

Peer-reviewed

Research Article

Minor changes in the incidence of primary and secondary involuntary childlessness across birth cohorts 1916 to 1975, but major differences in treatment success

Finn Egil Skjeldestad

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: eskjelde@online.no

Affiliation Research Group Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases, Institute of Community Medicine, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9875-4991

⨯

Minor changes in the incidence of primary and secondary involuntary childlessness across birth cohorts 1916 to 1975, but major differences in treatment success

Finn Egil Skjeldestad

Published: July 12, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287540

About the Authors

Finn Egil Skjeldestad

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: eskjelde@online.no

Affiliation Research Group Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases, Institute of Community Medicine, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9875-4991

Competing Interests

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

Subject Areas
?

For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click here.
We want your feedback. Do these Subject Areas make sense for this article? Click the target next to the incorrect Subject Area and let us know. Thanks for your help!

Assisted reproductive technology
Is the Subject Area "Assisted reproductive technology" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Female infertility
Is the Subject Area "Female infertility" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Secondary infertility
Is the Subject Area "Secondary infertility" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Cohort studies
Is the Subject Area "Cohort studies" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Primary infertility
Is the Subject Area "Primary infertility" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Male infertility
Is the Subject Area "Male infertility" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Children
Is the Subject Area "Children" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Educational attainment
Is the Subject Area "Educational attainment" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.