The Skewed Sex Ratio in a Medieval Population
A Reinterpretation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11204385 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Siegfried (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 195 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0145-5532 • E-ISSN: 1527-8034 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1170863 |
| OpenAlex | W2053718081 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 7 |
The author examines the ninth-century French monastic tax rolls known as the Carolingian polyptychs. These records have been used as evidence of the practice of female infanticide since the data indicate a skewed sex ratio favoring males. It is suggested that this imbalance is in fact a product of the undercounting of females the overrepresentation of males in a religious setting and deliberate omissions from the records amongst other causes. (ANNOTATION)
Genealogy · Ninth · Population · Reinterpretation · Sex ratio · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2022 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |