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The Future of Historical Family Demography

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ID2295740
AuthorsSteven Ruggle (0000-0001-5353-2578, University of Minnesota)
Year2012
Volume38
Issue1
Pages423-441
Publication date2012-08-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnual Review of Sociology (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0360-0572 • E-ISSN: 1545-2115
PublisherAnnual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1146/annurev-soc-071811-145533
PMID23946554
PMCIDPMC3740453
OpenAlexW2131894586
LanguageEN
Citations received57
References cited65

An explosion of new data sources describing historical family composition is opening unprecedented opportunities for discovery and analysis. The new data will allow comparative multilevel analysis of spatial patterns and will support studies of the transformation of living arrangements over the past 200 years. Using measurement methods that assess family choices at the individual level and analytic strategies that assess variations across space and time, we can dissect the decline of patriarchal family forms in the developed world and place Northwest Europe and North America in global comparative context

Context (archaeology · Economic geography · Genealogy · Geography · Regional science · Sociology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Demography · History

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