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62'Wartime' and the related fear, emotional stress & pressure would generally be an accelerating factor, making teenagers reach emotional adulthood (or the conviction that they have reached it) faster. In such a situation it would be far more likely for teenagers to experiment, and less likely to postpone or restrict things. "Going off to war" - in either literal or figurative sense - is a powerful instinctive reason to have sex now, while you still can. I won't dig for citations, but both biology and historical evidence (say, during WW2 right before war went over those places) supports this.– PeterisCommented Jul 9, 2014 at 21:44
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4@Peteris - Maybe in romance novels, but I disagree in reality. War is stress, stress is a huge component in sexual dysfunction. You might be more emotional, but you aren't going to be horny. We aren't talking about couples who need to get in some action to insure they might have kids if dad never makes it home - we're talking about teens experimenting for the first time. The former is the WWII scenario, I think, and I really don't think it applies here.– joshbirkCommented Jul 9, 2014 at 22:43
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3@joshbirk - well, the fact that most healthy young men were off fighting may have had something to do with it.– WhatRoughBeastCommented Jul 10, 2014 at 0:30
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2Seems like a good question for History.stackexchange.com– Mr.MindorCommented Jul 10, 2014 at 16:46
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6@joshbirk Take a closer look at the graph in the article you linked to. WWII was from 1939-1945. While there was a further increase in birthrate after the war, there is a SHARP increase starting in 1939.– Dan EsparzaCommented Jul 11, 2014 at 18:34
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