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Trend and variation in the seasonality of U.S. fertility, 1947–1976

Author(s) -

Daniel A. Seiver

Publication year - 1985

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2060988

Subject(s) - seasonality , fertility , variation (astronomy) , geography , demography , population , biology , ecology , sociology , physics , astrophysics

This paper documents the postwar pattern of seasonality of births, for the United States and its divisions, using a simple time-varying parameter model. Variations over time and over space in seasonality are analyzed. In general, the South exhibits the greatest seasonal variation, and the most dramatic changes in seasonality. In later sections the hypothesis that the spread of air conditioning is responsible for the postwar changes in seasonality is tested, and a link between hormones and seasonality is speculated upon. A final section has a short summary and several questions for future research.

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