The Rhythm of Conceptions. Seasonality of Births in Taiwan and the Netherlands, 1800–1940

The seasonality of births provides us with insights into the economic, cultural, and biological effects on the private lives of our predecessors in time. This comparison between two culturally very different societies results in the conclusion that there is an amazing geographic and historical stab...

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Main Author: Theo Engelen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Instititute of Social History 2021-03-01
Series:Historical Life Course Studies
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Online Access:https://openjournals.nl/index.php/hlcs/article/view/9573
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spelling doaj-60116e313ba84cb483e853b61692fa792021-04-01T10:48:32ZengInternational Instititute of Social HistoryHistorical Life Course Studies2352-63432021-03-011010.51964/hlcs9573The Rhythm of Conceptions. Seasonality of Births in Taiwan and the Netherlands, 1800–1940Theo Engelen The seasonality of births provides us with insights into the economic, cultural, and biological effects on the private lives of our predecessors in time. This comparison between two culturally very different societies results in the conclusion that there is an amazing geographic and historical stability in the patterns of seasonality in conceptions, both in Taiwan and in the Netherlands. Economic and cultural variables only have a minor influence. The fact that a biological variable like temperature is so dominant in the Taiwanese case suggests that future studies may benefit from focusing more on the biological determinants of human behaviour. https://openjournals.nl/index.php/hlcs/article/view/9573SeasonalityFertilityHistorical demographyTaiwanThe Netherlands
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The Rhythm of Conceptions. Seasonality of Births in Taiwan and the Netherlands, 1800–1940
Historical Life Course Studies
Seasonality
Fertility
Historical demography
Taiwan
The Netherlands
author_facet Theo Engelen
author_sort Theo Engelen
title The Rhythm of Conceptions. Seasonality of Births in Taiwan and the Netherlands, 1800–1940
title_short The Rhythm of Conceptions. Seasonality of Births in Taiwan and the Netherlands, 1800–1940
title_full The Rhythm of Conceptions. Seasonality of Births in Taiwan and the Netherlands, 1800–1940
title_fullStr The Rhythm of Conceptions. Seasonality of Births in Taiwan and the Netherlands, 1800–1940
title_full_unstemmed The Rhythm of Conceptions. Seasonality of Births in Taiwan and the Netherlands, 1800–1940
title_sort rhythm of conceptions. seasonality of births in taiwan and the netherlands, 1800–1940
publisher International Instititute of Social History
series Historical Life Course Studies
issn 2352-6343
publishDate 2021-03-01
description The seasonality of births provides us with insights into the economic, cultural, and biological effects on the private lives of our predecessors in time. This comparison between two culturally very different societies results in the conclusion that there is an amazing geographic and historical stability in the patterns of seasonality in conceptions, both in Taiwan and in the Netherlands. Economic and cultural variables only have a minor influence. The fact that a biological variable like temperature is so dominant in the Taiwanese case suggests that future studies may benefit from focusing more on the biological determinants of human behaviour.
topic Seasonality
Fertility
Historical demography
Taiwan
The Netherlands
url https://openjournals.nl/index.php/hlcs/article/view/9573
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