@article{Hajdu_40_12,
author = {Hajdu, Tamás and Hajdu, Gábor},
title={{Ambient temperature and sexual activity: Evidence from time use surveys}},
journal = {Demographic Research},
volume = {40},
number = {12},
pages = {307--318},
doi = {10.4054/DemRes.2019.40.12},
year = {2019},
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. },
URL = {https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol40/12/},
eprint = {https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol40/12/40-12.pdf}
}