The Fall of Fertility in Tasmania, Australia, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
The paper examines the fall of marital fertility in Tasmania, the second settled Australian colony, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The paper investigates when marital fertility fell, whether the fall was mainly due to stopping or spacing behaviours, and why it fell at this time. The data...
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| description | The paper examines the fall of marital fertility in Tasmania, the second settled Australian colony, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The paper investigates when marital fertility fell, whether the fall was mainly due to stopping or spacing behaviours, and why it fell at this time. The database used for the research was created by reconstituting the birth histories of couples marrying in Tasmania in 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1890, using digitised 19th century Tasmanian vital registration data plus many other sources. Despite Tasmania’s location on the other side of the world, the fertility decline had remarkable similarities with the historical fertility decline in continental Western Europe, England and other English-speaking countries. Fertility started to decline in the late 1880s and the fertility decline became well established during the 1890s. The fall in fertility in late 19th century Tasmania was primarily due to the practice of stopping behaviour in the 1880 and 1890 cohorts, although birth spacing was also used as a strategy by the 1890 cohort. The findings provide support for some of the prominent theories of fertility transition. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-af7ded4a5d68440288ed468c70ad86062025-02-02T11:38:03ZengInternational Institute of Social HistoryHistorical Life Course Studies2352-63432017-06-014120144The Fall of Fertility in Tasmania, Australia, in the late 19th and early 20th centuriesHelen Moyle0University of MelbourneThe paper examines the fall of marital fertility in Tasmania, the second settled Australian colony, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The paper investigates when marital fertility fell, whether the fall was mainly due to stopping or spacing behaviours, and why it fell at this time. The database used for the research was created by reconstituting the birth histories of couples marrying in Tasmania in 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1890, using digitised 19th century Tasmanian vital registration data plus many other sources. Despite Tasmania’s location on the other side of the world, the fertility decline had remarkable similarities with the historical fertility decline in continental Western Europe, England and other English-speaking countries. Fertility started to decline in the late 1880s and the fertility decline became well established during the 1890s. The fall in fertility in late 19th century Tasmania was primarily due to the practice of stopping behaviour in the 1880 and 1890 cohorts, although birth spacing was also used as a strategy by the 1890 cohort. The findings provide support for some of the prominent theories of fertility transition.http://hdl.handle.net/10622/23526343-2017-0007?locatt=view:masterHistorical fertility declineTasmania AustraliaTheories of fertility declineStopping and spacing behavioursSocioeconomic StatusInfant MortalityGeographic location |
| spellingShingle | Helen Moyle The Fall of Fertility in Tasmania, Australia, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Historical Life Course Studies Historical fertility decline Tasmania Australia Theories of fertility decline Stopping and spacing behaviours Socioeconomic Status Infant Mortality Geographic location |
| title | The Fall of Fertility in Tasmania, Australia, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries |
| title_full | The Fall of Fertility in Tasmania, Australia, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries |
| title_fullStr | The Fall of Fertility in Tasmania, Australia, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Fall of Fertility in Tasmania, Australia, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries |
| title_short | The Fall of Fertility in Tasmania, Australia, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries |
| title_sort | fall of fertility in tasmania australia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries |
| topic | Historical fertility decline Tasmania Australia Theories of fertility decline Stopping and spacing behaviours Socioeconomic Status Infant Mortality Geographic location |
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