Sexual Search Terms and Birth Rates Chart (IMAGE)

Indiana University

Sexual Search Terms and Birth Rates Chart

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The study found a close correlation between peaks in sexual search terms on Google (black line) and spikes in birth rates (shaded upper line in blue), shifted by nine months, in the Northern Hemisphere (upper chart) and Southern Hemisphere (lower chart). The red line marks Christmas week.

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Image courtesy Ian Wood, Indiana University

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