Anonymous
9/6/2025, 2:49:43 PM
No.82417074
>>82416789
No, that would apply to the first study they linked, which didn't control for any factors and only wanted to show and breakdown the prevalence of PPD, but the third study shows that women of all ages shown in the study generally get happier when they get pregnant. Some of this has to do with the social welfare Norway provides for mothers, but I don't think that's relevant to either point.
If you were to critique it, it would probably be on the grounds that they don't control for factors when comparing to the general population. They stated that one large factor could be from the general decrease in SWL as people age, but said it was unlikely since SWL goes up for women as they age. However, the general population data doesn't control for whether women don't want children, have children, or want children but don't have any. Another point only relevant to the thread, is that the study is talking about 25-31 when referring to "young", which I would say is a pretty far cry from 18-20, and "old" is 38+.
The second study also doesn't really contradict your initial point, rather it supports both. Younger people (up to 30 in this study) are indeed more likely to drink during pregnancy by 5x on average, but women over 30 are far more likely to binge drink. However, while outcomes for drinking are obviously worse than not, they also state that outcomes for the children for women over 30 who drink are far worse on average than under 30 both due to socioeconomic factors that might only be correlation, but also due to health factors, that are far less likely to only be correlated.
No, that would apply to the first study they linked, which didn't control for any factors and only wanted to show and breakdown the prevalence of PPD, but the third study shows that women of all ages shown in the study generally get happier when they get pregnant. Some of this has to do with the social welfare Norway provides for mothers, but I don't think that's relevant to either point.
If you were to critique it, it would probably be on the grounds that they don't control for factors when comparing to the general population. They stated that one large factor could be from the general decrease in SWL as people age, but said it was unlikely since SWL goes up for women as they age. However, the general population data doesn't control for whether women don't want children, have children, or want children but don't have any. Another point only relevant to the thread, is that the study is talking about 25-31 when referring to "young", which I would say is a pretty far cry from 18-20, and "old" is 38+.
The second study also doesn't really contradict your initial point, rather it supports both. Younger people (up to 30 in this study) are indeed more likely to drink during pregnancy by 5x on average, but women over 30 are far more likely to binge drink. However, while outcomes for drinking are obviously worse than not, they also state that outcomes for the children for women over 30 who drink are far worse on average than under 30 both due to socioeconomic factors that might only be correlation, but also due to health factors, that are far less likely to only be correlated.