Illegitimate Fertility Decline in England, 1851-1911

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ID6079196
AuthorsJona Schellekens (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), J Jona Schellekens (0000-0001-7950-1614, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume20
Issue4
Pages365-377
Publication date1995-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/036319909502000403
PMID11609167
OpenAlexW2162696784
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

This study attempts to determine the extent to which several hypotheses are able to account for the illegitimate fertility decline in England in the second half of the nineteenth century. The results of a pooled time-series analysis are consistent with the hypothesis that a rise in working-class prosperity accounts for much of the decline. Additional reasons for the decline, which cannot be ruled out with the data used in the analysis, include the diffusion of knowledge and the acceptability of contraceptive methods and a decline in agricultural employment

Demographic economics · Developed country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Fertility · Geography · Historical demography · Political science · Population · Population decline · Prosperity · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History

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