Influence of parental death on child mortality and the phenomenon of the stepfamily in western Bohemia in 1708-1834

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=rGC6xxOrDd" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=rGC6xxOrDd</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1081602X.2021.1986738" target="_blank" >10.1080/1081602X.2021.1986738</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Influence of parental death on child mortality and the phenomenon of the stepfamily in western Bohemia in 1708-1834

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The aim of this study is to examine, to what extent the chance of survival of children under 5 years of age was influenced by a biological parent&apos;s death in the region of western Bohemia. Young children&apos;s mortality is considered in relation to family structure, since persons raising the child in its early childhood significantly influenced the quality of child care. Given the gender-specific division of labour in pre-modern families we focus chiefly on the possible different effects of a mother&apos;s death or a father&apos;s death. In addition, we try to establish whether the negative impact of a biological parent&apos;s death could be compensated by the entrance of a stepparent. For the purposes of this analysis we used the Cox proportional hazards mixed-effect model. Our research has shown that although maternal death had more serious consequences compared to paternal death, especially if it occurred in the child&apos;s first year of life, even paternal death increased child mortality since the need to assume the paternal role prevented the surviving mother from taking optimum care of her children. The entrance of a stepparent in general increased children&apos;s chance of survival although in the case of stepmothers the positive effect was limited and could mainly be observed among children over 3. In contrast, our research has shown that there was no major difference in survival chances resulting from the presence of a biological father vs. a stepfather, an interesting result demonstrating that in the functioning of the pre-modern family biological ties were of only relative importance.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Influence of parental death on child mortality and the phenomenon of the stepfamily in western Bohemia in 1708-1834

Popis výsledku anglicky

The aim of this study is to examine, to what extent the chance of survival of children under 5 years of age was influenced by a biological parent&apos;s death in the region of western Bohemia. Young children&apos;s mortality is considered in relation to family structure, since persons raising the child in its early childhood significantly influenced the quality of child care. Given the gender-specific division of labour in pre-modern families we focus chiefly on the possible different effects of a mother&apos;s death or a father&apos;s death. In addition, we try to establish whether the negative impact of a biological parent&apos;s death could be compensated by the entrance of a stepparent. For the purposes of this analysis we used the Cox proportional hazards mixed-effect model. Our research has shown that although maternal death had more serious consequences compared to paternal death, especially if it occurred in the child&apos;s first year of life, even paternal death increased child mortality since the need to assume the paternal role prevented the surviving mother from taking optimum care of her children. The entrance of a stepparent in general increased children&apos;s chance of survival although in the case of stepmothers the positive effect was limited and could mainly be observed among children over 3. In contrast, our research has shown that there was no major difference in survival chances resulting from the presence of a biological father vs. a stepfather, an interesting result demonstrating that in the functioning of the pre-modern family biological ties were of only relative importance.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50402 - Demography

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA17-11983S" target="_blank" >GA17-11983S: Testování “hypotézy babiček”: Transgenerační efekt na reprodukci na základě matričních dat v Čechách v 17.–19. století</a><br>

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

History of the Family

ISSN

1081-602X

e-ISSN

1873-5398

Svazek periodika

27

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

434-452

Kód UT WoS článku

000719754700001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85119320212