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Childless older women have a higher risk of sustaining a hip fracture than mothers. Several biological mechanisms linking parity to bone health among women have been proposed but it remains unclear whether a similar association exists among men. Adult children may also support their ageing parents with hip fracture, thereby potentially increasing survival chances. To investigate how having children is related to the incidence of and survival after hip fracture among Swedish men and women over the age of 70. This nation-wide