LOOK at these gorgeous Centenarians! These women are happy aren't they! I want to be that happy when I'm that old. These are the Cardwell triplets, Faith, Hope and Charity. I love this photo. Unfortunately, I took issue the article that went with it.
This photo was featured recently on AOL along with an article entitled How Old Was Your Mother, When You Were Born? Apparently, Drs. Leonid Gavrilov and Natalia Gavrilova used census data to track information that now provides us with this (unscientific) information:
"The chances of living to the ripe old age of 100 -- and beyond -- nearly double for a child born to a woman before her 25th birthday. Other factors include growing up in the Western part of the U.S., spending part of one's childhood on a farm, and being born first."
The article also states: "The father's age is less important to longevity, according to their research," and, the finding that children born to young women are more likely to live to 100 "may have important social implications, because many women postpone their childbearing to later ages because of career demands."
Uhhhmmmm...
I'm getting all femme-raged. How do they know the father's age is less important to longevity? And why would a statistically and not medically or scientifically accurate study be the kind of thing that would have important social implications, because many women postpone their childbearing to later ages because of career demands? Why did they call them "demands" and not "choices"? And why, oh why, do we all have to be raised in a barn to live to be 100?
Hmph.
This photo was featured recently on AOL along with an article entitled How Old Was Your Mother, When You Were Born? Apparently, Drs. Leonid Gavrilov and Natalia Gavrilova used census data to track information that now provides us with this (unscientific) information:
"The chances of living to the ripe old age of 100 -- and beyond -- nearly double for a child born to a woman before her 25th birthday. Other factors include growing up in the Western part of the U.S., spending part of one's childhood on a farm, and being born first."
The article also states: "The father's age is less important to longevity, according to their research," and, the finding that children born to young women are more likely to live to 100 "may have important social implications, because many women postpone their childbearing to later ages because of career demands."
Uhhhmmmm...
I'm getting all femme-raged. How do they know the father's age is less important to longevity? And why would a statistically and not medically or scientifically accurate study be the kind of thing that would have important social implications, because many women postpone their childbearing to later ages because of career demands? Why did they call them "demands" and not "choices"? And why, oh why, do we all have to be raised in a barn to live to be 100?
Hmph.
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