Spatial and social distance in the fertility transition: Sweden 1880-1900

Abstract

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Low fertility spread in China: A blended adaptation and diffusion explanation

“…This provides evidence that there is an interaction between adaptation and diffusion. Similar findings can also be found in a few recent studies (Goldstein & Klüsener, 2014; Klüsener et al, 2016; Vitali et al, 2015).…”

“…Our model suggests that for the given period, the socioeconomic determinants explain about 22% of the variance of the dependent This provides evidence that there is an interaction between adaptation and diffusion. Similar findings can also be found in a few recent studies (Goldstein & Klüsener, 2014;Klüsener et al, 2016;.…”

“…The exploration, however, merits further investigation to better understand the nature and dynamics of demographic variations in China, where extremely rapid changes are underway in economic, social, and demographic realms. In the field of fertility research, centreing on the framework of innovation/diffusion or adaptation (Carlsson, 1966), many studies are directed to examine historical fertility decline (Basten et al, 2011;Bras, 2014;Goldstein & Klüsener, 2014;Klüsener et al, 2016). This might be related to the fact that these theories originate from the explanation to historical fertility decline in European societies.…”

“…This might be related to the fact that these theories originate from the explanation to historical fertility decline in European societies. As theory (Basten et al, 2011;Bras, 2014;Goldstein & Klüsener, 2014;Klüsener et al, 2016): the two theories are complementary instead of competing. Most of these studies along the line are referred to historical fertility decline from high levels or fertility transition which is a significant part of the first demographic transition (Kirk, 1996).…”

Adapting the Own Children Method to allow comparison of fertility between populations with different marriage regimes

“…As with contemporary data, many historical applications have compared fertility between subgroups of the population, for example by ethnic group, migrant status, socio-economic status, and urban/ rural location. There have also been a number of studies that use unadjusted numbers of young children living with their mothers in multivariate, and sometimes multilevel, models of the determinants of fertility (Haines 1978;Scalone and Dribe 2012;Dribe and Scalone 2014;Hacker 2016;Klüsener et al 2016;Dribe et al 2017).…”