Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 19, 2025

Author Spotlight: Exploring the Long-Term Health Impacts of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection on Offspring
Published on: May 17, 2024
The relationship between staying at home during the pandemic and the number of conceptions: A national panel data
Luca Moreno-Louzada1, Naercio Menezes-Filho1,2
1University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Abstract:
hether the COVID-19 pandemic has changed fertility patterns is still an open question, as social isolation for long periods can impact the number of conceptions in many ways. We combine administrative data on all recent births in Brazil with daily data on individual location to estimate the relationship between the share of individuals staying close to their homes in each week and the number of conceptions in that same week, comparing municipalities with different social isolation patterns during the first semester of 2020. We find that conceptions unequivocally decline when social isolation increases. The effect is stronger for women who are between 21 and 25 years old and more educated, as well as for richer, larger, and more urban municipalities. COVID-19 is likely to change fertility across countries depending on the behavior of the population and on the lock-down measures implemented to fight the pandemic.
Related Concept Videos
Infertility in Females
Endometriosis, a condition characterized by abnormal growth of...
Birth Control Methods
Infertility in Males
Regression Toward the Mean
Ovarian Cycle
Factors Affecting the Risk of Infection
The integrity and count of the white blood cells help the body resist pathogens and fight infection. When impaired, it reduces the body's resistance to pathogens. The acidic pH levels of the gastrointestinal, genitourinary tracts, and skin...

