An Analysis of the Birth Intervals of Married Women in Jablonec nad Nisou from the 17th to 19th century: A Contribution to Research on Fertility Patterns

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

An Analysis of the Birth Intervals of Married Women in Jablonec nad Nisou from the 17th to 19th century: A Contribution to Research on Fertility Patterns

Original language description

Analysis of birth intervals is a traditional part of historical demographic studies. However, these analyses are usually only simple and descriptive because of the high demands on data and labour such analysis requires. This study draws on a relatively large dataset including more than 2000 families from Jablonec nad Nisou from the 17th to 19th centuries. Records on children were used in the analyses. The application of survival analysis and Cox regression revealed that marriage-birth intervals were significantly influenced by the large share of prenuptial conceptions. All three variables used in the study of birth-birth intervals (birth parity, age of the mother at marriage, and age of the mother at the birth of the child) proved to be significant. Unlike other studies of birth intervals in historical populations, in this paper the average birth-birth intervals were not longer for higher birth parity; however, the analysis did show that the age of the mother at the birth of the child

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AO - Sociology, demography

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GA15-19601S" target="_blank" >GA15-19601S: The Early Stage of Transformation of the Reproductive Behaviour in Bohemia from the Second Half of the 18th Century to the End of the 19th Century</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Demografie, revue pro výzkum populačního vývoje

ISSN

1805-2991

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Volume of the periodical

57

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

319-337

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