| dc.contributor.author | Lampi, Elina | swe |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-10-14 | swe |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-02-09T11:14:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-02-09T11:14:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | swe |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1403-2465 | swe |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2077/2687 | |
| dc.description | Version updated 2008-04-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Based on a survey of a random sample of Swedish females aged 20-40 this paper
investigates: (1) whether women have correct perception of the age-related risk of female
infertility, (2) whether the perceptions of the personal risk and the general risk in the own age
group differ from each other, and (3) which factors can explain the difference between the
stated personal and general risks if there are any. The results show that women do know that
the likelihood of being infertile increases with age, while they clearly overestimate the
general risks for women older than 34. The results also show that mothers have a too
optimistic picture of their own fertility, while non-mothers have not. Several factors that
explain differences between the stated personal and general risks are discussed. | swe |
| dc.format.extent | 25 pages | swe |
| dc.format.extent | 164329 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | swe |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Working Papers in Economics, nr 231 | swe |
| dc.subject | personal risk; general risk; female infertility; optimistic bias | swe |
| dc.title | Age-related risk of female infertility: A comparison between perceived personal and general risks | swe |
| dc.type.svep | Report | swe |
| dc.contributor.department | Department of Economics | swe |
| dc.gup.origin | Göteborg University. School of Business, Economics and Law | swe |
| dc.gup.epcid | 5041 | swe |
| dc.subject.svep | Economics | swe |
