Interesting! Almost half the pregnancies in India are first time pregnancies, which is sufficient enough to influence the trend of deliveries. It would be interesting to see if there are any astrological stipulations to avoid marriages on certain months on regional calendars (e.g. corresponding to July).
Dear Prof Saket, that's excellent analysis. See our detailed paper on the seasonality in births in EPW APRIL 23, 2022 Vol LVII No 17 (Nambiar et al) based on HMIS data. Regards Satish B Agnihotri
Thank you Prof. Agnihotri! Nutrition group's work looks amazing (and I only learned about it after writing this post). Good insights in the EPW paper. Would be wonderful to dissect it based on rural and urban and check how strong (or weak) the relationship is with temperature (though I realise the paper posits a different hypothesis)
Interesting! Almost half the pregnancies in India are first time pregnancies, which is sufficient enough to influence the trend of deliveries. It would be interesting to see if there are any astrological stipulations to avoid marriages on certain months on regional calendars (e.g. corresponding to July).
Fascinating!
Interesting analysis!
Love the analysis. Wedding season would definitely have high correlation with contraception. :)
Dear Prof Saket, that's excellent analysis. See our detailed paper on the seasonality in births in EPW APRIL 23, 2022 Vol LVII No 17 (Nambiar et al) based on HMIS data. Regards Satish B Agnihotri
[We are also bringing out state wise analysis through policy briefs at https://www.iitbnutritiongroup.in/
Thank you Prof. Agnihotri! Nutrition group's work looks amazing (and I only learned about it after writing this post). Good insights in the EPW paper. Would be wonderful to dissect it based on rural and urban and check how strong (or weak) the relationship is with temperature (though I realise the paper posits a different hypothesis)