How Season of Birth Affects Health and Aging

Abeliansky, Ana Lucia; Strulik, Holger

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“…Abeliansky and Strulik explore the connection between the time of birth, aging, and health. They operationalize sun exposure with the rough indicator of seasons [ 15 ].…”

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It’s Sunny, Be Healthy? An International Comparison of the Influence of Sun Exposure and Latitude Lines on Self-Rated Health

Jaworeck

Kriwy

2021

IJERPH

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The positive impact of sunshine on self-rated health is well known. For the first time, the relationship between sunshine and self-rated health is examined in the context of latitude lines in international comparison. The further people live from the equator, the lower sun exposure (UVB exposure) and the more often they experience a vitamin D deficiency. UVB exposure decreases with degrees of latitudinal lines, and in addition to that, sunshine duration is shorter in northern countries. In order to consider the connection, sunshine duration and degree of latitude lines were manually enriched from the German Meteorological Service (Deutscher Wetterdienst) to the International Social Survey Programs (2011): Health and Health Care and analyzed with a logistic multilevel model, as well as the inclusion of sunshine duration as a mediator. If sunshine hours, as well as latitude lines, are considered separately in models, both show a statistically significant effect. Together in one model, the sunshine hours lose their relationship and additionally there is no mediation. This suggests that the location of the region is the decisive component when considering self-rated health. Furthermore, an interaction between age and sunshine hours as well as latitude lines is also shown.

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“…Abeliansky and Strulik explore the connection between the time of birth, aging, and health. They operationalize sun exposure with the rough indicator of seasons [ 15 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

It’s Sunny, Be Healthy? An International Comparison of the Influence of Sun Exposure and Latitude Lines on Self-Rated Health

Jaworeck

Kriwy

2021

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It’s sunny, be happy! An international comparison of the influence of sun exposure and geographic latitude on happiness

2022

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Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Licht ist die Quelle des Lebens. Dies gilt gleichermaßen für die Tier- und Pflanzenwelt sowie den Menschen. Im Hinblick auf unseren Alltag stellen soziale Interaktion, Produktivität oder das emotionale Befinden nur einen kleinen Ausschnitt der Aspekte dar, auf die das Licht einen positiven Einfluss hat. Ziel der Studie Der Zusammenhang zwischen Sonnenexposition und dem individuellen Glücksempfinden wird im internationalen Vergleich untersucht. Material und Methoden Für die Analyse wurden Daten der Sonnenscheindauer (Anzahl der Sonnenstunden) und der geografischen Lage der betrachteten Regionen (Breitengrade) vom Deutschen Wetterdienst manuell zu den Daten des International Social Survey Programme (2011) Health and Health Care ergänzt und eine multivariate lineare Mehrebenenanalyse durchgeführt. Ergebnisse Sonnenstunden haben einen positiven und statistisch signifikanten Einfluss auf das Glücksempfinden. Interessant ist, dass Personen, die dem Einfluss wechselnder Jahreszeiten ausgesetzt sind, sich statistisch signifikant in gleichem Maße schlechter in ihrem Glücksempfinden einschätzen als Personen, die so nah am Äquator wohnen, dass sie keinen saisonbedingten Klimaveränderungen ausgesetzt sind. Schlussfolgerung Sonnenstunden wirken sich statistisch signifikant positiv auf das Glücksempfinden aus. Ein Mix an weiteren Einflüssen zur Steigerung des Glücksempfindens setzt sich zusammen aus Vertrauen in das nationale Gesundheitswesen, hoher Bildung, Rauchabstinenz, sportlicher Aktivität und Arbeitsmarktbeteiligung. Diese Mechanismen wirken sich im Durchschnitt in allen berücksichtigten Länderkontexten gleichermaßen positiv auf das Glücksempfinden der Menschen aus.

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The seasonality of 65 million births in Brazil – 1997-2018

Moreira

Fusco

Ferraz

2020

CES

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The seasonality of births has been a universal phenomenon worthy of attention since the XVIII century. Exhibiting a variety of forms, many times showing similar patterns in dissimilar societies, and dissimilar patterns in societies alike, there has never been a plausible unifying explanation for their behavior. Finding reasonable causes to understand birth seasonality worldwide is still a challenge. This paper intends to contribute to the discussion on birth seasonality in light of the Brazilian reality, analyzing data about 65,764,313 births from 1997 to 2018 in Brazil. This study investigates monthly birth seasonality, according to social-demographic characteristics of mothers (region, age, race/color, schooling, fertility, and marital status), adjusted to consider the same length for each month of the year. Brazil has two clear periods of birth peaks: the main one is observed in March, April, and May, due to winter conception. A second important peak is observed in September, related to conceptions in December. A clear valley is observed in November and December, due to summertime conceptions. In spite of the continental dimensions of Brazil, its climatic diversity and broad social differences, the Brazilian population presents the same temporal birth distribution, according to geographic spaces and population segments, due mainly to conceptions happening in the Brazilian winter season.

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How Season of Birth Affects Health and Aging

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References 32 publications

It’s Sunny, Be Healthy? An International Comparison of the Influence of Sun Exposure and Latitude Lines on Self-Rated Health

It’s Sunny, Be Healthy? An International Comparison of the Influence of Sun Exposure and Latitude Lines on Self-Rated Health

It’s sunny, be happy! An international comparison of the influence of sun exposure and geographic latitude on happiness

The seasonality of 65 million births in Brazil – 1997-2018

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