| Kinship and Demographic Behavior in the Past 2008 Edition Contributor(s): Bengtsson, Tommy (Editor), Mineau, Geraldine P. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1402067321 ISBN-13: 9781402067327 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: What is the influence of family and kinship networks on fertility, marriage, migration and mortality? Population scientists have studied the relationship between families, both immediate and extended, and demographic behavior for many years. This volume highlights the convergence of research by a group of demographers, economic historians, historians, anthropologists, sociologists and geneticists. The contributors use longitudinal databases from different cultures to study families that existed in the past and focus on the role that families and kin groups played in both early and later life events. This book examines the role of kinship and the family??'s influence on the health outcomes of their children, their children??'s selection of marriage partners, couples having higher order births or reduced fertility, individual migration and origins of populations. Mortality patterns are examined to determine the influence of fertility patterns on parents??? mortality, the contribution of parents??? longevity to their children??'s lifespan, and whether a family history of disease affects the risk of dying from that same disease. This volume emphasizes the importance of studies that include and compare other factors related to social organization with information on multi-generational families. The authors elucidate previous explanations and provide provocative new results. Such intergenerational research is crucial in understanding long term demographic trends and processes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Demography - Science | Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 304.6 |
| LCCN: 2007941498 |
| Series: International Studies in Population |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.30 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Intergenerational research is crucial in understanding long term demographic trends. This book examines the ways kinship affects demographic behavior, including mortality patterns to determine the influence of fertility patterns, the contribution of parents' longevity, and the affects of a family history of disease. It emphasizes the importance of studies that include and compare other factors related to social organization with information on multi-generational families. |
