Detecting Deliberate Fertility Control in Pre-transitional Populations: Evidence from six German villages, 1766-1863;Mise en évidence d'un contrǒle volontaire des naissances dans des populations pré-transitionnelles: Le cas de 6 villages allemands, 1766-1863

European Journal of Population

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 411-434

  Dribe, Martin ^a,b   Scalone, Francesco ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cox proportional hazards model; Deliberate fertility control; Economic stress; Historical demography; Natural fertility

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DETECTION METHOD; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; FERTILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RURAL HISTORY; VILLAGE;

GERMANY;

EID: 78649326521     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-010-9208-8     Document Type: Article

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