Rethinking the fertility transition in rural aragón (Spain) using height data

Marco-Gracia F.J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; López-Antón M.

Resumen: Based on an analysis of the life trajectories of 2510 conscripts and their families from a Spanish rural area in the period 1835–1977, this paper studies the development of the fertility transition in relation to height using bivariate analyses. The use of heights is an innovative perspective of delving into the fertility transition and social transformation entailed. The results confirm that the men with a low level of biological well-being (related to low socio-economic groups) were those who started to control their fertility, perhaps due to the effect that increased average family size had on their budget. The children of individuals who controlled their fertility were taller than the children of other families. Therefore, the children of parents who controlled their fertility experienced the largest intergenerational increase in height (approximately 50% higher). This increase could be due to the consequence of a greater investment in children (Becker’s hypothesis) or a greater avail-ability of resources for the whole family (resource dilution hypothesis).

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18168338

Año: 2021

Publicado en: International journal of environmental research and public health 18, 16 (2021), 8338 [28 pp.]
ISSN: 1661-7827

Factor impacto JCR: 4.614 (2021)

Categ. JCR: PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH rank: 45 / 182 = 0.247 (2021) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH rank: 71 / 210 = 0.338 (2021) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES rank: 100 / 279 = 0.358 (2021) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 4.5 - Medicine (Q2) - Environmental Science (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.814 - Pollution (Q1) - Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/HAR2017- 85601-C2-1-P
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S55-20R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/PGC2018-095529-B-I00

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

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