Kinship and Demographic Behavior in the Past

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bengtsson, Tommy (Editor), Mineau, Geraldine P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: International Studies in Population ; 7
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Human genetics.; Anthropology.; Social groups.; Family.; Youth.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Sociology of Familiy, Youth and Aging.; Social Sciences, general.; Human Genetics.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

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 gr...