The Marital Fertility of Men and Women in Czechia before the First Demographic Transition and in the Current Population

The aim of this study is to analyse the changes in the marital fertility of men and women in Czechia before the first demographic transition (data obtained by excerpting the parish registers of Škvorec manor in the years 1760–1839) and in the current population (data from the Czech GGS II based on i...

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Main Authors: Jitka Slabá, Barbora Janáková Kuprová
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Published: Czech Statistical Office 2024-06-01
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description The aim of this study is to analyse the changes in the marital fertility of men and women in Czechia before the first demographic transition (data obtained by excerpting the parish registers of Škvorec manor in the years 1760–1839) and in the current population (data from the Czech GGS II based on interviews between 2020 and 2022) using a unified methodology. The results confirm previous findings on historical and modern marital fertility – determining the overall intensity of marital fertility by the duration of marriage in the historical population, the decrease in marital fertility by the decrease in the number of higher-order births in the modern population, etc. The results show that the timing of the first childbirth in marriage is similar in both (the historical and the modern) populations. Historical marriages with the same number of children have a much shorter reproductive window than modern marriages, with no differences at the beginning of the reproductive period, but with differences especially at the end. The timing of reproduction (median age at birth of the first child) does not differ for first marriage in modern and historical populations. In the historical population, women’s fertility was limited at a lower age than men’s fertility. In the modern population, the intensity of fertility by sex does not differ. In both populations the median duration of the reproductive window does not differ according to either sex or marriage order.
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spelling doaj-art-88db4f3afb1947abbdf5d76f59259e5a2025-08-20T03:11:57ZcesCzech Statistical OfficeDemografie0011-82651805-29912024-06-01662130153https://doi.org/10.54694/dem.0339The Marital Fertility of Men and Women in Czechia before the First Demographic Transition and in the Current PopulationJitka Slabá0Barbora Janáková Kuprová1Faculty of Science, Charles UniversityFaculty of Science, Charles UniversityThe aim of this study is to analyse the changes in the marital fertility of men and women in Czechia before the first demographic transition (data obtained by excerpting the parish registers of Škvorec manor in the years 1760–1839) and in the current population (data from the Czech GGS II based on interviews between 2020 and 2022) using a unified methodology. The results confirm previous findings on historical and modern marital fertility – determining the overall intensity of marital fertility by the duration of marriage in the historical population, the decrease in marital fertility by the decrease in the number of higher-order births in the modern population, etc. The results show that the timing of the first childbirth in marriage is similar in both (the historical and the modern) populations. Historical marriages with the same number of children have a much shorter reproductive window than modern marriages, with no differences at the beginning of the reproductive period, but with differences especially at the end. The timing of reproduction (median age at birth of the first child) does not differ for first marriage in modern and historical populations. In the historical population, women’s fertility was limited at a lower age than men’s fertility. In the modern population, the intensity of fertility by sex does not differ. In both populations the median duration of the reproductive window does not differ according to either sex or marriage order.https://csu.gov.cz/the-marital-fertility-of-men-and-women-in-czechia-before-the-first-demographic-transition-and-in-the-current-populationmarital fertilityfirst and second demographic transitionfemale and male fertility
spellingShingle Jitka Slabá
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The Marital Fertility of Men and Women in Czechia before the First Demographic Transition and in the Current Population
Demografie
marital fertility
first and second demographic transition
female and male fertility
title The Marital Fertility of Men and Women in Czechia before the First Demographic Transition and in the Current Population
title_full The Marital Fertility of Men and Women in Czechia before the First Demographic Transition and in the Current Population
title_fullStr The Marital Fertility of Men and Women in Czechia before the First Demographic Transition and in the Current Population
title_full_unstemmed The Marital Fertility of Men and Women in Czechia before the First Demographic Transition and in the Current Population
title_short The Marital Fertility of Men and Women in Czechia before the First Demographic Transition and in the Current Population
title_sort marital fertility of men and women in czechia before the first demographic transition and in the current population
topic marital fertility
first and second demographic transition
female and male fertility
url https://csu.gov.cz/the-marital-fertility-of-men-and-women-in-czechia-before-the-first-demographic-transition-and-in-the-current-population
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