The Danish study found that the early death rate in men was halved if they had children. The effect was biggest among those having their own children but early deaths were also lower in those who adopted.
The researchers from Aarhus University, studied more than 21,000 couples having IVF treatment between 1994 and 2005.
In that time 15,210 children were born and 1564 were adopted. Also a total of 96 women and 200 men died.
The findings published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health showed there was no difference in psychiatric illness in couples whether they were childless or not, however those who adopted had fewer mental health problems probably because of health screening of prospective adoptive parents.
The Danish study found that the early death rate in men was halved if they had children.
The effect was biggest among those having their own children but early deaths were also lower in those who adopted.
The researchers from Aarhus University, studied more than 21,000 couples having IVF treatment between 1994 and 2005.
In that time 15,210 children were born and 1564 were adopted. Also a total of 96 women and 200 men died.
The findings published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health showed there was no difference in psychiatric illness in couples whether they were childless or not, however those who adopted had fewer mental health problems probably because of health screening of prospective adoptive parents.
