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Title: Seasonality of Menarche Among U.S. Females
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Rodgers, Joseph Lee |
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Seasonality of Menarche Among U.S. Females Presented: Cincinnati, OH, Population Association of America Meetings, April 1993 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Age at Menarche/First Menstruation; Childbearing; Data Quality/Consistency; Menarche/First Menstruation; Seasonality; Siblings Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Recent interest in birth seasonality leads to research on the proximal and distal variables that could cause seasonality in birth distributions. Menarche is one such distal variable. Investigation of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) shows a strong summer peak in reported menarche among a representative sample of over 6000 U.S. women. The pattern is consistent across race and age. In addition, data on age at menarche are available as well. A theoretical structure is defined and tested linking month of menarche to subsequent coital activity and eventually to birth seasonality. Further, both age and month of menarche can be used to test a recent theory suggesting nonlinear (and thus seasonal) patterns in physiological growth. |
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Rodgers, Joseph Lee. "Seasonality of Menarche Among U.S. Females." Presented: Cincinnati, OH, Population Association of America Meetings, April 1993. |