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Pregnancy is not conta\u00adgious, but it can have a copycat effect \u2013espe\u00adci\u00adally among female colle\u00adagues. A study by rese\u00adar\u00adchers at the State Insti\u00adtute for Family Rese\u00adarch at the Univer\u00adsity of Bamberg (ifb) found that women in parti\u00adcular are influenced by a pregnancy in their imme\u00addiate profes\u00adsional environment.<\/p>\n

The effect is parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly strong among female colle\u00adagues of appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately the same age. The proba\u00adbi\u00adlity of pregnancy is almost twice as high in the year after a colle\u00adague becomes a mother. The rese\u00adar\u00adchers attri\u00adbute this to mecha\u00adnisms such as social lear\u00adning and social support.<\/p>\n

Buyukkececi Z et al. Family, Firms, and Ferti\u00adlity: A Study of Social Inter\u00adac\u00adtion Effects. Demo\u00adgraphy 2020;57: 243\u2013266.
\nDOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s13524-019\u201300841\u2011y<\/a><\/p>\n

By the way, if the topic of pregnan\u00adcies brings to mind the connec\u00adtion between birth rates and stork popu\u00adla\u00adtion \u2014 here an inte\u00adres\u00adting mathe\u00adma\u00adtical back\u00adground article:<\/p>\n

Der Storch bringt die Babys zur Welt (p = 0.008)
\nhttp:\/\/www3.math.uni-paderborn.de\/~agbiehler\/sis\/sisonline\/struktur\/jahrgang21-2001\/heft2\/Langfassungen\/2001\u20132_Matth.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pregnancy is not conta\u00adgious, but it can have a copycat effect \u2013espe\u00adci\u00adally among female colle\u00adagues. A study by rese\u00adar\u00adchers at the State Insti\u00adtute for Family Rese\u00adarch at the Univer\u00adsity of Bamberg (ifb) found that women in parti\u00adcular are influenced by a pregnancy in their imme\u00addiate profes\u00adsional envi\u00adron\u00adment. 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