ISBN:
9781402067334
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
,
v.: digital
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
International Studies in Population 7
DDC:
304.6
Keywords:
Human genetics
;
Regional planning
;
Population
;
Social sciences
;
Sociology
;
Demography
;
Demographie
;
Bevölkerungsentwicklung
Abstract:
Intergenerational research is crucial in understanding long term demographic trends. This book examines the ways kinship affects demographic behavior, including mortality patterns to determine the influence of fertility patterns, the contribution of parents' longevity, and the affects of a family history of disease. It emphasizes the importance of studies that include and compare other factors related to social organization with information on multi-generational families.
Abstract:
What is the influence of family and kinship networks on fertility, marriage, migration and mortality? Population scientists have studied the relationship between families, both immediate and extended, and demographic behavior for many years. This book examines the role of kinship and the family’s influence on the health outcomes of their children, their children’s selection of marriage partners, couples having higher order births or reduced fertility, individual migration and origins of populations. Mortality patterns are examined to determine the influence of fertility patterns on parents’ mortality, the contribution of parents’ longevity to their children’s lifespan, and whether a family history of disease affects the risk of dying from that same disease. The volume emphasizes the importance of studies that include and compare other factors related to social organization with information on multi-generational families. The authors elucidate previous explanations and provide provocative new results. Such intergenerational research is crucial in understanding long term demographic trends and processes.
Description / Table of Contents:
Bengtsson_FM.pdf; Bengtsson_Intro.pdf; Bengtsson_Ch01.pdf; Bengtsson_Ch02.pdf; Bengtsson_Ch03.pdf; Bengtsson_Ch04.pdf; Bengtsson_Ch05.pdf; Bengtsson_Ch06.pdf; Bengtsson_Ch07.pdf; Bengtsson_Ch08.pdf; Bengtsson_Ch09.pdf; Bengtsson_Ch10.pdf; Bengtsson_Ch11.pdf; Bengtsson_Index.pdf
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Papers originally presented at two seminars cosponsored by the Scientific Committee on Historical Demography of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population and held between 2004 and 2005
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4020-6733-4
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