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THE FERTILITY OF MARRIED WOMEN IN THE PARISH OF ROZMBERK NAD VLTAVOU IN THE 19TH CENTURY

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Poulova M.
Historická demografie (Historical Demography)
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2007
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vol. 31
49-90
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This study analyses marital fertility in the 19th century in the parish of Rozmberk nad Vltavou, which is located in Southern Bohemia. In the 19th century this region was stagnating economically. Its lack of development was reflected in demographic changes. The natality and fertility rates remained almost unchanged even in the 19th century. Changes that did occur were caused by the rising age of marriage more than by an effort to regulate the number of children born. Throughout the period under observation families tended to have around 4-5 children on average. Women's fertility was especially high at the start of the marriage, and then it gradually declined after the age of 30. Fertility remained at the same level throughout the century and was only slightly lower than in the 18th century. Infant and child mortality were relatively high: by the age of five just over one-quarter of all children born had died (26.2 %) and the rate of stillbirths hovered around 2 %. The minor changes that did occur in the 19th century among the Rozmberk population were not pronounced enough for us to be able to speak about this society's transition to new demographic structures.
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MARRIAGE RATES OVER TIME IN THE PARISH OF ROZMBERK NAD VLTAVOU IN THE 19TH CENTURY

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Poulova M.
Historická demografie (Historical Demography)
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2006
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vol. 30
195-218
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This study is based on extracts from the marriages records lodged in the State Regional Archive in Trebon, and it deals with the changes in marriage rates during the 19th century. The aim of the study was to discover to what extent changes connected with the transition from the old to the new demographic regime were reflected in the industrially less advanced Sumava mountain region. The continuing stagnation of this region along with the lack of employment and financial opportunities resulted in an increase in the number of postponed marriages, which was particularly notable among men. Women married on average at the age of 28 and men at the age of 31; the average age of first-time spouses peaked in the period of 1850-1874. Only during the final period of the century, evidently as a result of the abolition of the institution of consent to marriage in 1868, did the marrying age of first-time spouses again slightly decrease. Conversely, the age structure of widows and widowers remarrying remained relatively unchanged. As in the 18th century, the average age of widows remarrying was 35-39, while the average age of widowers remarrying was between 40 and 50.
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