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The seasonality of births in Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

S. S. Halli
S. S. Halli
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Summary

Earlier studies on the seasonality of births indicate that a major peak occurs in August and September and a minor peak in January and February. This study uses the 1984 Canadian Fertility Survey data on reproductive history to examine birth and pregnancy seasonalities, and shows that the ‘worst’ months for births are January and February and the ‘best’ months are March, April and May. There is no systematic pattern in the seasonality of pregnancies, possibly because effective birth control allows couples to plan the timing of births.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , July 1989 , pp. 321 - 327
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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