Adapting family size and composition: Childhood mortality and fertility in rural spain, 1750-1949

Marco-Gracia, Francisco J. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: An event-history analysis of ten rural villages in Spain from 1750 to 1949 indicates that the likelihood of parents having additional children was influenced by the number of their surviving children and the children’s sex composition. Parents whose children had a low survival rate had more children than parents whose children generally survived. Exclusively having daughters during the pre-transitional period also reflected, to a limited degree, the likelihood of new conception. The results suggest that some families adapted their reproductive behavior to their desired objectives. In the pre-transitional period, as well as during the transition itself, decisions to control or encourage fertility often appear to have been based on family size and composition.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1162/jinh_a_01626

Año: 2021

Publicado en: JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY HISTORY 51, 4 (2021), 509-531
ISSN: 0022-1953

Factor impacto JCR: 0.553 (2021)

Categ. JCR: HISTORY rank: 53 / 102 = 0.52 (2021) - Q3 - T2

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.225 - History and Philosophy of Science (Q1) - History (Q1)

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Hª e Instituc.Económ. (Dpto. Economía Aplicada)