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Decline of Fertility in Europe.

This volume summarizes the major findings of the Princeton European Fertility Project. The Project, begun in 1963, was a response to the realization that one of the great social revolutions of the last century, the remarkable decline in marital fertility in Europe, was still poorly understood. Origi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watkins, Susan Cotts
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton University Press, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Participants
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • List of Maps
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. The Decline of Fertility in Europe since the Eighteenth Century As a Chapter in Demographic History
  • Chapter 2. A Summary of the Changing Distribution of Overall Fertility, Marital Fertility, and the Proportion Married in the Provinces of Europe
  • Chapter 3. Social-Group Forerunners of Fertility Control in Europe
  • Chapter 4. Infant Mortality and the European Demographic Transition
  • Chapter 5. Urban-Rural Differences in Fertility in Europe during the Demographic Transition
  • Chapter 6. Modes of Production, Secularization, and the Pace of the Fertility Decline in Western Europe, 1870-1930
  • Chapter 7. Regional and Cultural Factors in the Decline of Marital Fertility in Europe
  • Chapter 8. Regional Patterns of Nuptiality in Western Europe, 1870-1960
  • Chapter 9. Demographic Transitions in German Villages
  • Chapter 10. Lessons from the Past: Policy Implications of Historical Fertility Studies
  • Chapter 11. Conclusions
  • References
  • Index
  • Maps.