Presence of Grandmothers in the Neighbourhood of their Grandchildren and their Possible Impact on the Survival of these Children Case Study of Škvorec Estate in the 18th and 19th Century

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Presence of Grandmothers in the Neighbourhood of their Grandchildren and their Possible Impact on the Survival of these Children Case Study of Škvorec Estate in the 18th and 19th Century

Original language description

The evolutionary anthropologists formulated the hypothesis (30 years ago) which is called &quot;Grandmother hypothesis&quot;. This theory attempts to explain the menopause which is limited the reproductive life of a womenˈs life. Anthropologists show that menopause allows women to support (to look after) of their own grandchildren (Hawkes, 2003). Studies which tested this theory by using the current subpopulations&apos; data had similiar results: the presence of grandmother corresponds to the lower age of her daughters (or daughters-in-law) at the birth of their first child and their shorter birth-birth intervals and to lower infant (or child) mortality of grandchildren (e.g. Beise and Voland, 2002). What is the situation at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries in the Czech lands? How often did maternal or paternal grandmother live close to the birthplace of her grandchild? And what was the effect on the survival of this child? Did exist some differences between families according to socioeconomic status in this issue? The aim of this paper is discovered the possible effect of maternal and paternal grandmothers on infant (child) survival at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries in Škvorec manor as an example rural locality in the Czech lands.

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50402 - Demography

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA17-11983S" target="_blank" >GA17-11983S: Testing the "grandmother hypothesis": Transgenerational effect on reproduction based on parish registers from the 17th -19th century Bohemia</a><br>

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P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

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