The Decline of Patrilineal Kin Propinquity in the United States, 1790-1940.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Historical change in the availability of kin beyond the household has long interested scholars, but there has been little comparable evidence on long-run change. While generally accepted that individuals lived near kin historically, no systematic measures have been available to assess historical kin propinquity at the national level.

Methods

With the release of historical complete count United States census data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS), a robust estimate of patrilineal kin propinquity for the United States nationally from 1790 to 1940 is calculated. Defined as the probability of non-random isonymy within an enumeration district, the estimate of patrilineal kin propinquity relies on the sequential ordering of households in the census

SUBMITTER: Nelson MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8294159 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature