Conditional Grandmother Effects on Age at Marriage, Age at First Birth, and Completed Fertility of Daughters and Daughters-in-law in Historical Krummhörn

Human Nature

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-359

  Johow, Johannes ^a   Voland, Eckart ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age at first birth; Age at marriage; Female fertility; Grandmothers; In law conflict; Krummh rn

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GERMANY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH INTERVALS; BIRTH ORDER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GERMANY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865797989     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-012-9147-7     Document Type: Article

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