Seasonality of birth in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Austria |
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Authors: | Doblhammer G Rodgers J L Rau R |
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Institution: | Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Doberanerstr. 114, 18057 Rostock, Germany. doblhammer@demogr.mpg.de |
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Abstract: | We present an analysis of birth seasonality in nine geographical regions within Austria for two time periods, 1881-1912 and 1947-1959. In the early period, geography, climate, and agricultural patterns were related to birth seasonality. By the latter time period, these factors were no longer related to birth seasonality. We propose a "resilience hypothesis," which suggests two levels of causal influences on birth seasonality. First, underlying the three significant features of birth seasonality patterns around the world are only a small number of major causes. But, second, there are a multiplicity of minor causes that result in small perturbations in these otherwise resilient and consistent patterns. |
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