The Determinants of the Fertility Transition in Antebellum Ohio
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4837736 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Don R Leet (Colby College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 359-378 |
| Publication date | 1976-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050700081729 |
| OpenAlex | W2081687806 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 17 |
The cross-sectional and secular variations in the fertility of the white population in pre-Civil War Ohio are analyzed with special regard to the role of population pressure in conditioning these patterns and trends. Other factors, such as urbanization, education, cultural heritage, and the sex ratio, all of which are often cited as major explanatory variables during the demographic transition are also introduced. Although each of these variables is shown to have some impact, none can account for more than a minor proportion of the Variance in human fertility. It appears that the major force affecting both inter-county fertility and the secular trend for the state was the Variation in the degree of population pressure as measured by the average assessed value of an acre of non-urban land
Acre · Biology · Demographic economics · Demographic transition · Economic growth · Economics · Fertility · Geography · Population · Secular variation · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Urbanization · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Historical Economic and Social Studies
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 2021 (45) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |