Pre-industrial household structure in Hungary

Serfdom and household structure in Central Russia: Voshchazhnikovo, 1816–1858

“…These new enforcement policies could account for the decline in the number of couples living alone, as well as the corresponding increase in the number of type 5 households and, in particular, type 5(e) households, most of which contain a fairly random assortment of relatives (usually people related through marriage). 53 The findings for Voshchazhnikovo suggest a pattern somewhat different to that found for the Central Black Earth region, and usually associated with rural Russia in the period before the abolition of serfdom. But how do they compare with those found for other European societies ?…”

The Social Demography of Hungarian Villages in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (With Special Attention To Sárpilis, 1792-1804)

“…And in twelve years, the share of multiple households increased considerably in Sdrpilis, where two listings were found; this increase seems to coincide with the growth of the average size of households in most parts of Hungary around the turn of the nineteenth century (Andorka and Farago, 1983 And in twelve years, the share of multiple households increased considerably in Sdrpilis, where two listings were found; this increase seems to coincide with the growth of the average size of households in most parts of Hungary around the turn of the nineteenth century (Andorka and Farago, 1983 …”

“…As Table 8 Household Statistics for Sdrpilis (1972), modified slightly so that type 5b-multiple-family household, secondary unit(s) down-is divided into two subtypes, i.e., 5bI, containing one parental nuclear family and only one filial nuclear family, that is, one secondary unit down; and 5bII, containing one parental nuclear family and more than one filial nuclear families, that is two or more secondary units down. Some of the villages investigated earlier by means of the Laslett typology (mostly those situated near Sdrpilis), had a similar household structure, while others contained a smaller percentage of complex households (Andorka and Farago, 1983). In 1804, this had increased to nearly half (see Table 9).…”

“…For one thing, earlier investigations (Andorka and Farago, 1983) showed that at the beginning of the nineteenth century household size and structure underwent important changes in Hungary. For one thing, earlier investigations (Andorka and Farago, 1983) showed that at the beginning of the nineteenth century household size and structure underwent important changes in Hungary.…”

Spatial construction of European family and household systems: a promising path or a blind alley? An Eastern European perspective

“…Although they were fairly widespread in the Transdanubian region, places where the share of nuclear households was much greater and extended and multiple families were much less prevalent could be easily found in other areas of the country115 . A later study of seven localities from the period between 1747 and 1816 suggested that the household structure in Hungary "seems to have been intermediate between western Europe on the one hand and Serbia and Russia on the other," but with allowances that important differences may have existed within the country itself116 .Farago pinpointed those differences more precisely by allocating the marriage and household organization patterns of several rural communities in 18 th -century Hungary to three specific categories: the Western European, the Eastern European, and, finally, the East-Central European family model (Ostmitteleuropäische Familienmodell)117 . The latter category was supposed to encompass behavioral patterns representing a transition between the 'North-Western European pattern identified by Hajnal and Laslett, and the Russian reality.…”