%0 Journal Article
%A Doblhammer-Reiter, Gabriele
%A Rodgers, Joseph Lee
%A Rau, Roland
%T Seasonality of birth in nineteenth‐and twentieth‐century Austria
%J Biodemography and social biology
%V 47
%N 3-4
%@ 1948-5565
%C London [u.a.]
%I Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
%M DZNE-2022-01260
%P 201 - 217
%D 2000
%Z Journal: "Biodemography and Social Biology", formerly "Social Biology". ISSN 1948-5565
%X 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.
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%R 10.1080/19485565.2000.9989019
%U https://pub.dzne.de/record/164809