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Reproductive Investment and Health Costs in Roma Women

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Čvorović, Jelena
Coe, Kathryn
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Abstract
In this paper, we examine whether variation in reproductive investment affects the health of Roma women using a dataset collected through original anthropological fieldwork among Roma women in Serbia. Data were collected in 2014–2016 in several Roma semi-urban settlements in central Serbia. The sample consisted of 468 Roma women, averaging 44 years of age. We collected demographic data (age, school levels, socioeconomic status), risk behaviors (smoking and alcohol consumption), marital status, and reproductive history variables (the timing of reproduction, the intensity of reproduction, reproductive effort and investment after birth), in addition to self-reported health, height, and weight. Data analyses showed that somatic, short-term costs of reproduction were revealed in this population, while evolutionary, long-term costs were– contrariwise, Roma women in poor health contributed more to the gene pool of the next generation than their healthy counterparts. Our findings appear to be ...consistent with simple trade-off models that suggest inverse relationships between reproductive effort and health. Thus, personal sacrifice–poor health as an outcome–seems crucial for greater reproductive success.

Keywords:
Roma / women / reproductive investment / health
Source:
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2017, 14, 11, 1337-
Publisher:
  • MDPI
Funding / projects:
  • Identity Strategies: Contemporary Culture and Religiosity (RS-177028)
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  • This article belongs to the Special Issue Roma Health

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14111337

ISSN: 1661-7827; 1660-4601

WoS: 000416545200053

Scopus: 2-s2.0-85033576835
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https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_10293
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https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/11/1337/htm
https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/10293
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abstract = "In this paper, we examine whether variation in reproductive investment affects the health of Roma women using a dataset collected through original anthropological fieldwork among Roma women in Serbia. Data were collected in 2014–2016 in several Roma semi-urban settlements in central Serbia. The sample consisted of 468 Roma women, averaging 44 years of age. We collected demographic data (age, school levels, socioeconomic status), risk behaviors (smoking and alcohol consumption), marital status, and reproductive history variables (the timing of reproduction, the intensity of reproduction, reproductive effort and investment after birth), in addition to self-reported health, height, and weight. Data analyses showed that somatic, short-term costs of reproduction were revealed in this population, while evolutionary, long-term costs were– contrariwise, Roma women in poor health contributed more to the gene pool of the next generation than their healthy counterparts. Our findings appear to be consistent with simple trade-off models that suggest inverse relationships between reproductive effort and health. Thus, personal sacrifice–poor health as an outcome–seems crucial for greater reproductive success.",
publisher = "MDPI",
journal = "International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health",
title = "Reproductive Investment and Health Costs in Roma Women",
pages = "1337",
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Čvorović, J.,& Coe, K.. (2017). Reproductive Investment and Health Costs in Roma Women. in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
MDPI., 14(11), 1337.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14111337
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_10293
Čvorović J, Coe K. Reproductive Investment and Health Costs in Roma Women. in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017;14(11):1337.
doi:10.3390/ijerph14111337
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_10293 .
Čvorović, Jelena, Coe, Kathryn, "Reproductive Investment and Health Costs in Roma Women" in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14, no. 11 (2017):1337,
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14111337 .,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_10293 .

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