Fertility pattern and family structure in three ALPINE settlements in South Tyrol (Italy): Marriage cohorts from 1750 to 1949

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 697-701

  Gögele, Martin ^a   Pattaro, Cristian ^a   Fuchsberger, Christian ^a   Paul Pramstaller, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c General Regional Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FERTILITY; GENEALOGY; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; ITALY; MARRIAGE; ADULT; AGE; ALTITUDE; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HISTORY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALTITUDE; COHORT STUDIES; CONSANGUINITY; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70349257274     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932009003423     Document Type: Article

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