TY - JOUR
T1 - Illegitimate fertility decline in england, 1851-1911
AU - Schellekens, Jona
PY - 1995/12
Y1 - 1995/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0029432755&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/036319909502000403
DO - 10.1177/036319909502000403
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C2 - 11609167
AN - SCOPUS:0029432755
SN - 0363-1990
VL - 20
SP - 365
EP - 377
JO - Journal of Family History
JF - Journal of Family History
IS - 4
ER -
