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Title: Seasonality of First Coitus in the U.S.
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Rodgers, Joseph Lee Harris, David F. Vickers, Karen Bradley |
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Seasonality of First Coitus in the U.S. Social Biology 39 (Spring-Summer 1992): 1-14. Also: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1514113 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Society for the Study of Social Biology Keyword(s): Age at First Intercourse; Household Composition; Seasonality; Sexual Activity; Sexual Experiences/Virginity; Transition, School to Work Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Recent attention to causes of seasonality of births leads to an interest in seasonality patterns in the antecedents to birth, including gestational length, conception, and coital activity. In this paper we study the beginning of the process: first intercourse among adolescents and young adults. Analysis of a small and local dataset is suggestive that loss of virginity is particularly likely during the summer. A test of this "Summer Vacation Theory" using a large national dataset supports the generality of the phenomenon. Further, a prediction that seasonality patterns will change during the transition from high school to work and college is tested and supported. The existence of both biological and psycho-social mechanisms is suggested. Policy implications are reviewed. |
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Rodgers, Joseph Lee, David F. Harris and Karen Bradley Vickers. "Seasonality of First Coitus in the U.S." Social Biology 39 (Spring-Summer 1992): 1-14.
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