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Collegium antropologicum, Vol. 28 No. 2, 2004.

Original scientific paper

Twin Seasonality in a Rural Catalonian Population

Miquel Hernández
Clara García-Moro
Domingo Isaac Toja
Mireia Esparza
Rolando González-José

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Abstract

The seasonality of twinning in the Spanish populations has not been studied until now. Differences between seasonal distribution of the twin conceptions and those of the single births have been observed in other populations. The aim of this work is to explore the frequency of twinning in a rural population from Catalonia during the nineteenth century, as well as the seasonality patterns characterizing each of the twinning types. Data corresponding to all births recorded at Tortosa (South Catalonia) from 1801 to 1900 have been analyzed in order to study the twinning distribution. The distribution of the moving averages of the monthly rates of twins shows a peak in autumn. Twinning distribution differs from the total births’ distribution in Tortosa. This fact is very clear in the case of unlike-sexed twins that have their greater incidence in the last quarter of the year, while the total maternities have their peak in the first one.

Keywords

seasonality; twins; rural Catalonia; 19th century

Hrčak ID:

5580

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/5580

Publication date:

15.12.2004.

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