A multilevel event history analysis of the effects of grandmothers on child mortality in a historical German population (Krummhörn, Ostfriesland, 1720-1874)

Demographic Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2002, Pages 469-497

  Beise, Jan ^a   Voland, Eckart ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Infant and child mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042762644     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2002.7.13     Document Type: Article

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