Saskia Hin
Biographic Data
| ID | 644123 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Saskia Hin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Saskia |
| FAMILY NAME | Hin |
| SIGNATURE | HIN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Socio-economic modernization and enduring language barriers
In this article, we study how potentially conflicting forces of socio-economic modernization and enduring language barriers influenced one of the most intimate acts of social interaction: marriage. In the period during which Belgium underwent social and economic modernization – often thought to have diminished barriers between social groups, increasing the likelihood of social heterogamy – linguistic barriers remained strong. The intriguing quest…
New light on Roman census papyri through semi-automated record linkage
The census documents from Roman Egypt form the best documentary source of demographic information for the Roman Empire. Earlier collections (Bagnall and Frier 2006 Bagnall, R. S., and B. W. Frier. 2006. The demography of Roman Egypt. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Google Scholar]; Bagnall, Frier, and Rutherford 1997 Bagnall, R. S., B. W. Frier, and I. C. Rutherford. 1997. The census register P. Oxy. 984: The reverse of Pindar's P…
An Old Mom Keeps You Young
This study analyzes the intergenerational effects of late childbearing on offspring's adult longevity in a population in Utah (United States) that does not display evidence of parity-specific birth control-a so-called natural fertility population. Studies have found that for women who experience late menopause and prolonged reproduction, aging is postponed and longevity is increased. This is believed to indicate female "robustness" and the impact…
Wet‐nurse, wet‐nursing
Wet‐nurses (Latin: nutrices ; Greek: trophoi ) and wet‐nursing are well attested for the Greco‐Roman world, and their use seems to have been a cultural norm. Both documentary sources (papyri, inscriptions) and literary evidence testify of the entrusting of infants to wet‐nurses (or dry‐nurses; our sources rarely distinguish between the two). Their primary task was to feed the young child or children handed over to their care. Initially they did s…
Depopulation
Ancient authors regularly refer to the phenomenon of depopulation, or population decline, in the ancient world. These authors place particular emphasis on changes in fertility behavior as a causal factor. Avoidance of marriage and childbearing for selfish reasons explained depopulation in Greece, according to Polybius (36.17.5f.). Depopulation in the Roman Empire motivated Augustus to introduce a number of legal reforms relating to marriage ( see…
Exogamy
Exogamy is the habit of marrying partners outside of one's own group.
Fertility, natural
The concept of natural fertility refers to the fertility of a population which is not suppressed significantly by effective birth control.
Life expectancy
Life expectancy is the average number of years an individual might expect to live at a given age (e x ). In the ancient world, life expectancy at birth (e 0 ) hovered between the ages of twenty and thirty. This range has been derived from Egyptian papyri, literary sources, and inferential models.
Ephebe, ephebeia
Ephebes were boys or young men in Athens and other cities of the Greek east who participated in the ephebeia. The features of this institution changed over time and varied by region.
Demography, historical (ancient Mediterranean)
Populations are the object of study of demography. The discipline aims to understand the size, the distribution, the composition (structure), and the development of populations. Historical demography, in focusing on populations of the past, is tightly intertwined with the discipline of history. Asking truly transdisciplinary questions, demography often finds answers in knowledge provided by neighboring disciplines: anthropology, sociology, biolog…
Class and Society in the Cities of the Greek East
Family Matters
Counting Romans
Socio-economic modernization and enduring language barriers
In this article, we study how potentially conflicting forces of socio-economic modernization and enduring language barriers influenced one of the most intimate acts of social interaction: marriage. In the period during which Belgium underwent social and economic modernization – often thought to have diminished barriers between social groups, increasing the likelihood of social heterogamy – linguistic barriers remained strong. The intriguing quest…
Counting Romans
New light on Roman census papyri through semi-automated record linkage
The census documents from Roman Egypt form the best documentary source of demographic information for the Roman Empire. Earlier collections (Bagnall and Frier 2006 Bagnall, R. S., and B. W. Frier. 2006. The demography of Roman Egypt. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Google Scholar]; Bagnall, Frier, and Rutherford 1997 Bagnall, R. S., B. W. Frier, and I. C. Rutherford. 1997. The census register P. Oxy. 984: The reverse of Pindar's P…
Class and Society in the Cities of the Greek East
Family Matters
Counting Romans
Wet‐nurse, wet‐nursing
Wet‐nurses (Latin: nutrices ; Greek: trophoi ) and wet‐nursing are well attested for the Greco‐Roman world, and their use seems to have been a cultural norm. Both documentary sources (papyri, inscriptions) and literary evidence testify of the entrusting of infants to wet‐nurses (or dry‐nurses; our sources rarely distinguish between the two). Their primary task was to feed the young child or children handed over to their care. Initially they did s…
Depopulation
Ancient authors regularly refer to the phenomenon of depopulation, or population decline, in the ancient world. These authors place particular emphasis on changes in fertility behavior as a causal factor. Avoidance of marriage and childbearing for selfish reasons explained depopulation in Greece, according to Polybius (36.17.5f.). Depopulation in the Roman Empire motivated Augustus to introduce a number of legal reforms relating to marriage ( see…
Exogamy
Exogamy is the habit of marrying partners outside of one's own group.
Fertility, natural
The concept of natural fertility refers to the fertility of a population which is not suppressed significantly by effective birth control.
Life expectancy
Life expectancy is the average number of years an individual might expect to live at a given age (e x ). In the ancient world, life expectancy at birth (e 0 ) hovered between the ages of twenty and thirty. This range has been derived from Egyptian papyri, literary sources, and inferential models.
Ephebe, ephebeia
Ephebes were boys or young men in Athens and other cities of the Greek east who participated in the ephebeia. The features of this institution changed over time and varied by region.
Demography, historical (ancient Mediterranean)
Populations are the object of study of demography. The discipline aims to understand the size, the distribution, the composition (structure), and the development of populations. Historical demography, in focusing on populations of the past, is tightly intertwined with the discipline of history. Asking truly transdisciplinary questions, demography often finds answers in knowledge provided by neighboring disciplines: anthropology, sociology, biolog…
New light on Roman census papyri through semi-automated record linkage
The census documents from Roman Egypt form the best documentary source of demographic information for the Roman Empire. Earlier collections (Bagnall and Frier 2006 Bagnall, R. S., and B. W. Frier. 2006. The demography of Roman Egypt. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Google Scholar]; Bagnall, Frier, and Rutherford 1997 Bagnall, R. S., B. W. Frier, and I. C. Rutherford. 1997. The census register P. Oxy. 984: The reverse of Pindar's P…
An Old Mom Keeps You Young
This study analyzes the intergenerational effects of late childbearing on offspring's adult longevity in a population in Utah (United States) that does not display evidence of parity-specific birth control-a so-called natural fertility population. Studies have found that for women who experience late menopause and prolonged reproduction, aging is postponed and longevity is increased. This is believed to indicate female "robustness" and the impact…
Socio-economic modernization and enduring language barriers
In this article, we study how potentially conflicting forces of socio-economic modernization and enduring language barriers influenced one of the most intimate acts of social interaction: marriage. In the period during which Belgium underwent social and economic modernization – often thought to have diminished barriers between social groups, increasing the likelihood of social heterogamy – linguistic barriers remained strong. The intriguing quest…
Sociology (9 works) · Demography (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · History (6 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (5 works) · Fertility (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (3 works)