Changing Family Size in England and Wales: Place, Class and Demography, 1891–1911 (Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time, Series Number 36)

This volume is an important study in demographic history. It draws on the individual returns from the 1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses of England and Wales, to which Garrett, Reid, Schürer and Szreter were permitted access ahead of scheduled release dates. Using the responses of the inhabitants of thirteen communities to the special questions included in the 1911 'fertility' census, they consider the interactions between the social, economic and physical environments in which people lived and their family-building experience and behaviour. Techniques and approaches based in demography, history and geography enable the authors to re-examine the declines in infant mortality and marital fertility which occurred at the turn of the twentieth century. Comparisons are drawn within and between white-collar, agricultural and industrial communities, and the analyses, conducted at both local and national level, lead to conclusions which challenge both contemporary and current orthodoxies. This Volume Is An Important Study In Demographic History. It Draws On The Individual Returns From The 1891, 1901 And 1911 Censuses Of England And Wales, To Which Garrett, Reid, Schurer And Szreter Were Permitted Access Ahead Of Scheduled Release Dates. Using The Responses Of The Inhabitants Of 13 Communities To The Special Questions Included In The 1911 'fertility' Census, They Consider The Interactions Between The Social, Economic And Physical Environments In Which People Lived And Their Family Building Experience And Behaviour. Techniques And Approaches Based In Demography, History And Geography Enable The Authors To Re-examine The Declines In Infant Mortality And Marital Fertility Which Occurred At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century. Comparisons Are Drawn Within And Between White Collar, Agricultural And Industrial Communities And The Analyses, Conducted At Both Local And National Level, Lead To Conclusions Which Challenge Both Contemporary And Current Orthodoxies.--jacket. 1. Introduction -- 2. Locations For Study -- 3. Studying Locations -- 4. Infant And Child Mortality From The 1911 Census -- 5. Fertility And Fertility Behaviour 1891-1911 -- 6. The National Picture -- 7. Class, Place And Demography: The Mosaic Of Demographic Change In England And Wales From Waterloo To The Great War -- App. A. The Indirect Estimation Of Infant And Child Mortality And Related Applications -- App. B. Choice Of Regression Method -- App. C. The Values Of Community-level Variables For Each Sector -- App. D. The Percentage Of The Population Of Each Country Living In Each Type Of Place, Subdivided By Environment, England And Wales, 1921. Eilidh Garrett ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 478-500) And Index. This volume is an important study in demographic history. Garrett, Reid, Sch?rer and Szreter use techniques and approaches drawn from demography, history and geography to explore the conditions under which declines in both infant mortality and fertility within marriage occurred in England and Wales between 1891 and 1911. Extensive use is made of previously unavailable census data drawn from thirteen communities in England and Wales, particularly those from the 1911 "fertility" census. The book's sometimes surprising conclusions will be of interest to all historians of Britain and of demography. Profound social and demographic changes were underway within British society as the nineteenth century waned.

an Analysis Of The Decline Of Infant Mortality And Fertility In Britain, 1891-1911.