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Ambient temperature and sexual activity:Evidence from time use surveys
Title / Series / Name
Demographic Research
Publication Volume
40
Publication Issue
Pages
Editors
Keywords
QP Physiology
Demography
Demography
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/28437
Abstract
Background: Previous research has found that unusually hot temperatures reduce birth rates eight to ten months later. Objective: We examine one of the potential mechanisms behind this relationship: the connection between ambient temperature and sexual activity. Methods: We use individual-level data provided by three waves of the Hungarian Time Use Survey between 1986 and 2010 and daily weather data from the European Climate Assessment & Dataset project. Results: Hot temperatures do not have a significant effect on sexual activity on a given day. Studying the dynamics of the relationship, we found that temperature does not influence sexual activity on subsequent days either. Conclusions: Since high temperatures seem to have no negative effect on sexual activity, the relationship between temperature and sexual activity might be a mechanism of minor importance in the relationship between temperature and birth rates. Contribution: Our paper is the first study of the relationship between ambient temperature and sexual activity that uses time use data.
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Publisher
Place of Publication
Type
Journal article
Date
2019-02-20
Language
ISBN
Identifiers
10.4054/DEMRES.2019.40.12