%0 Journal Article
%A Doblhammer-Reiter, Gabriele
%A Rodgers, Joseph Lee
%A Rau, Roland
%T Seasonality of Birth in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Austria: Steps toward a Unified Theory of Human Reproductive Seasonality
%J MPIDR Working Paper WP 1999-013
%V 013
%C Rostock
%I Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
%M DZNE-2022-01315
%P 1-38
%D 1999
%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 later 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  the  patterns.
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%U https://pub.dzne.de/record/164871