On which day of the week were you born?

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Friday. Opinion is divided on whether it suits me!

Boy does this make me glad to have been born on one of the few holidays that occurs only on a specific day of the week.

Sunday.

A Rainy day on a Monday.

Apparently My father was the one rolled in a wheelchair as he had the flu.

I was born on Thanksgiving, so it had to have been a Thursday.

“…Thursday’s child has far to go…”

That fits me SO well. :stuck_out_tongue:

For a supposed “Uniform Distribution” the Saturday Baby crowd is noticeably absent from this thread!

Maybe this mention will improve the situation from:



On which day of the week were you born?  

Sunday       28 14.36% 
Monday       23 11.79% 
Tuesday      23 11.79% 
Wednesday    36 18.46% 
Thursday     35 17.95% 
Friday       30 15.38% 
Saturday     20 10.26% 

Voters: 195 


Election Day '84, so Tuesday.

Sunday: so I’m Bonnie, Blythe, good and… Bisexual. :slight_smile:

I had to do chores on saturday, and on my birthday having to work hard for a living seemed so unfair.

Another Wednesday Child here, as is Mrs JustinC.
Woeful? Nah.

Thor’s Day

A Wednesday, of course. Wednesday’s child is full of woe and all that.

So much for a mention of the Saturday number making a difference. Can you believe this:



On which day of the week were you born?  

Sunday       31 14.42% 
Monday       24 11.16% 
Tuesday      26 12.09% 
Wednesday    42 19.53% 
Thursday     38 17.67% 
Friday       34 15.81% 
Saturday     20 9.30% 

Voters: 215. 


What’s with those outliers Wednesday and Saturday? The distribution would look fairly even and random without them.

Remember that MANY births are planned c-sections and inductions. It would be unusual to plan those procedures on a weekend. This poll actually looks like a bell curve to me.

I found this article (warning: PDF) from 1983 that mirrors our data somewhat. It cites previous studies too.

So it would appear. Weird.

I was born on Easter Sunday was was delivered by a bunny, not a stork.

On which day of the week were you born?



Sunday       35 14.77% 
Monday       27 11.39% 
Tuesday      26 10.97% 
Wednesday    45 18.99% 
Thursday     43 18.14% 
Friday       37 15.61% 
Saturday     24 10.13% 

Voters: 237 


When you consider that 1/7 = 14.29% it’s not too hard to accept that this “uniform distribution” is just momentarily out of whack, right? Or do we have a truly abnormal occurrence at SDMB?