Social status and season of birth: A study of a metropolitan area in the southeastern United States

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Abstract
Periodic regression analysis was applied to data from Fulton County, Georgia, 1967-1977, to test for a relationship between social status and season of birth in 2 population groups, whites and all other races. Apparently for both groups seasonal variation in births tends to increase with lower social status. Proportionately more births to lower status women, especially in the-other-races group, occurred during Aug. Due to timing of birth, these children have a young age at entry into school which results in poor early academic performance.