Marital fertility in Kingston, 1861-1881: a study of socio-economic differentials.
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This article examines religion, binhplace and occupational staius as they relate to changes in fertility in Kingston, Ontario between 1861 and 1881 . The specific focus is on maritalfenility which, in contrast to the European experience, was the dominant component of the demographic transition in Canada. The paper has three main objectives: to demonstrate the utility of the manuscript censuses as a micro-level database for studying complex social demographic effects onfenility; to identify the basic components of change in marital fertility for Kingston in 1861-1881; and, to determine the relative contributions of religion, binhplace and occupational status to age-specific maritalfenility rates.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Histoire sociale. Social history
دوره 20 39 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987