Laboratory
Fertility and Well-Being
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Project
The Influence of Health and Cognition on Fertility
Kieron Barclay, Susie Lee, Natalie Nitsche; in Collaboration with Martin Kolk (Stockholm University, Sweden), Eugene Gardner, Matthew Hurles (both: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
This project examines how physical health, mental health, reproductive health, and cognitive ability are associated with fertility outcomes, including childlessness, parity progression, age at childbearing, and related family processes. Detailed Description
Fertility Development, Health Care, Public Health, Medicine, and Epidemiology
Publications
Hiilamo, A.; Sedovic , M.; Kailaheimo-Björkqvist, S.; Villadsen , A.; Ploubidis, G.B.; Myrskylä, M.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2026-008. (2026)
Kailaheimo-Björkqvist, S.; Nisén, J.; Metsä-Simola, N.; Martikainen, P.; Myrskylä, M.:
Journal of Family Research 38, 130–147. (2026)
Di Nallo, A.:
Population and Development Review 51:3, 1141–1169. (2025)
Pelikh, A.; Smith, K. R.; Myrskylä, M.; Debbink, M. P.; Goisis, A.:
Obstetrics and Gynecology 145:2, 220–230. (2025)
Rowold, C.; Gädecke, M.; Van Winkle, Z.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2025-022. (2025)
Kailaheimo-Lönnqvist, S.; Moustgaard, H.; Martikainen, P.; Myrskylä, M.:
Social Science and Medicine 361:117356, 1–12. (2024)
Väisänen, H.; Batyra, E.:
Population and Development Review 50:4, 1149–1180. (2024)
Lee, D. S.; Batyra, E.; Castro Torres, A. F.; Wilde, J.:
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290:1998, 1–16. (2023)
Lee, D. S.; Nitsche, N.; Barclay, K. J.:
Population Studies 77:2, 241–261. (2023)
Gardner, E. J.; Neville, M. D. C.; Samocha, K. E.; Barclay, K. J.; Kolk, M.; Niemi, M. E. K.; Kirov, G.; Martin, H. C.; Hurles, M. E.:
Nature 603:7903, 858–863. (2022)
Lee, D. S.; Knittel, T.; Deschner, T.; Heistermann, M.; Higham, J. P.:
Hormones and Behavior 139:105123, 1–11. (2022)
Kolk, M.; Barclay, K. J.:
Intelligence 84:101514, 1–11. (2021)
Barclay, K. J.; Kolk, M.:
Population and Development Review 46:4, 757–785. (2020)
Gardner, E. J.; Neville, M. D. C.; Samocha, K. E.; Barclay, K. J.; Kolk, M.; Niemi, M. E. K.; Kirov, G.; Martin, H. C.; Hurles, M. E.:
bioRxiv preprints. unpublished. (2020)
Kolk, M.; Barclay, K. J.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2020-010. (2020)
Barclay, K. J.; Kolk, M.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2019-020. (2019)
Kolk, M.; Barclay, K. J.:
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286:1902. (2019)
Kolk, M.; Barclay, K. J.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2017-020. (2017)