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Intervals between marriage and first birth in mothers and daughters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Bertrand Desjardins ,
Alain Bideau ,
Evelyne Heyer  and
Guy Brunet
Bertrand Desjardins
Affiliation:
Département de Démographic, Université de Montréal, Canada
Alain Bideau
Affiliation:
Centre Pierre Léon, CNRS, Université Lumière Lyon 2, France
Evelyne Heyer
Affiliation:
Département de Démographic, Université de Montréal, Canada
Guy Brunet
Affiliation:
Institut Européen des Génomutations, Lyon, France
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Summary

Marriage-first birth intervals are examined in two historical populations, Quebec (1608–1765) and Haut-Jura (1689–1980), comparing intervals in mothers and daughters, and in sister-sister pairs. The results point to a weak relationship between intervals of mothers and daughters, though it does not attain significance. Shared environment does not seem to be responsible since there is no association between pairs of sisters from the same populations.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 49 - 54
Copyright
Copyright © 1991, Cambridge University Press

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