World media attention for publication Nicola Barban and (ex ICS) Nicoletta Balbo
Having children is contagious among high school friends during early adulthood
Balbo N. & N. Barban (2014). “Does Fertility Behavior Spread among Friends?,” American Sociological Review June 2014 vol. 79 no. 3 412-431
http://asr.sagepub.com/content/79/3/412.abstract
Fox News:
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/05/30/women-catch-baby-bug-from-high-school-friends/
New York Daily News:
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/babies-contagious-study-article-1.1816650
Daily Mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2642745/Motherhood-contagious-Women-likely-baby-high-school-friends-mothers-says-study.html
Business Insider:
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-having-babies-may-be-contagious-among-friends-2014-03
Australian National Radio (audio):
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/science-with-wendy-zukerman-beetle-larvae/5488216
The Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/Having-kids-contagious-among-female-high-school-friends/articleshow/35775390.cms
La Stampa (Italy)
http://www.lastampa.it/2014/06/09/societa/mamme/bambini/0-1-anno/fare-figli-contagioso-RwACUbAmvEq7DmXukX99QN/pagina.html
El Mundo (Spain)
http://www.elmundo.es/salud/2014/06/04/538dcbd7e2704e74348b4575.html
Le Figaro (France)
http://sante.lefigaro.fr/actualite/2014/06/06/22431-grossesse-bonheur-contagieux
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