Are stepparents always evil Parental death, remarriage, and child survival in demographically saturated Krummhörn (1720-1859) and expanding Québec (1670-1750)

Biodemography and Social Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-211

  Willführ, Kai P ^a   Gagnon, Alain ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENT; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTAL DEATH; PARENTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEBEC; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84888319804     PISSN: 19485565     EISSN: 19485573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2013.833803     Document Type: Article

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