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Baby boom after the summer fairytale: does football joy raise birth rates?

Baby boom after the summer fairytale: does football joy raise birth rates?
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If an entire country is celebrating, does that mean more babies are born nine months later? Following the 2006 and 2014 World Cups, this theory persisted. A look at the statistics, maternity wards and research reveals what truth there really is to it.

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