Spatial and Social Distance at the Onset of the Fertility Transition: Sweden, 1880-1900.

ABSTRACT: Most studies on the fertility transition have focused either on macro-level trends or on micro-level patterns with limited geographic scope. Much less attention has been given to the interplay between individual characteristics and contextual conditions, including geographic location. Here we investigate the relevance of geography and socioeconomic status for understanding fertility variation in the initial phase of the Swedish fertility transition. We conduct spatially sensitive multilevel analyses on full-count individual-level census data. Our results show that the elite constituted the vanguard group in the fertility decline and that the shift in fertility behavior occurred quickly among them in virtually all parts of Sweden. Other socioeconomic status groups experienced the decline wi

SUBMITTER: Klusener S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6514273 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature