The Neglect of Female Children and Childhood Sex Ratios in Nineteenth-Century America
A Review of the Evidence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14717882 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David T Courtwright (0000-0002-3865-2261, David Courtwright is Professor of History at the University of North Florida. He is currently researching the demographic and social history of the American frontier., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 313-323 |
| Publication date | 1990-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/036319909001500304 |
| PMID | 11622444 |
| OpenAlex | W2055744311 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 34 |
Antebellum census records show that there were slightly higher than average numbers of male children in the western states and territories of the United Stales and slightly lower than average numbers of male children in eastern areas. It has been suggested that this imbalance was due to the economically inspired neglect of female children in rural and frontier areas, but this hypothesis does not hold up to close inspection. Better explanations are that more boys were born in, survived childhood in, or moved to western regions
Archaeology · Census · Frontier · Geography · Neglect · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Rural area · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Law · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |