The Local and the General in Population History |
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in such circumstances the level of fertility is likely to be high ceteris pari bus since
a high proportion of women of child-bearing age were usually married. This is not
to say that fertility was equally high in all such societies. Many other factors ...
in such circumstances the level of fertility is likely to be high ceteris pari bus since
a high proportion of women of child-bearing age were usually married. This is not
to say that fertility was equally high in all such societies. Many other factors ...
Page 5
Both age at marriage and the proportion never marrying changed very
substantially and jointly exercised what might be termed strategic control over
population trends in England, damping down growth to slightly below
replacement level in ...
Both age at marriage and the proportion never marrying changed very
substantially and jointly exercised what might be termed strategic control over
population trends in England, damping down growth to slightly below
replacement level in ...
Page 17
It is worth stressing that service, as a stage in the normal course of life, appears to
have involved at least as high a proportion of women as of men. See, e.g., P.
Laslett's essay, 'Characteristics of the western family considered over time', in his
...
It is worth stressing that service, as a stage in the normal course of life, appears to
have involved at least as high a proportion of women as of men. See, e.g., P.
Laslett's essay, 'Characteristics of the western family considered over time', in his
...
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