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Author Moyle, Helen, author.

Title Australia's Fertility Transition : a study of 19th-century Tasmania.

Publication Info. Acton, Australian Capital Territory : ANU Press, 2020.

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Summary "In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, most countries in Europe and English-speaking countries outside Europe experienced a fertility transition, where fertility fell from high levels to relatively low levels. England and the other English-speaking countries experienced this from the 1870s, while fertility in Australia began to fall in the 1880s.This book investigates the fertility transition in Tasmania, the second settled colony of Australia, using both statistical evidence and historical sources. The book examines detailed evidence from the 1904 New South Wales Royal Commission into the Fall in the Birth Rate, which the Commissioners regarded as applying not only to NSW, but to every state in Australia.Many theories have been proposed as to why fertility declined at this time: theories of economic and social development; economic theories; diffusion theories; the spread of secularisation; increased availability of artificial methods of contraception; and changes in the rates of infant and child mortality. The role of women in the fertility transition has generally been ignored.The investigation concludes that fertility declined in Tasmania in the late 19th century in a period of remarkable social and economic transformation, with industrialisation, urbanisation, improvements in transport and communication, increasing levels of education and opportunities for social mobility. One of the major social changes was in the status and role of women, who became the driving force behind the fertility decline."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-285) and index.
Contents 1. Introduction: Theories of the historical fertility decline -- 2. The Australian fertility decline -- 3. Tasmania in the 19th and early 20th centuries -- 4. Research design and data sources -- 5. Characteristics of the Tasmanian marriage cohorts -- 6. Fertility patterns of the couples in the marriage cohorts -- 7. How, when and why did fertility decline? -- 8. Why did fertility fall in Tasmania during this period? Qualitative insights -- 9. Conclusion.
Note Published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence.
Language English.
Subject Fertility, Human -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th century.
Fertility, Human -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History -- 20th century.
Fécondité humaine -- Australie -- Tasmanie -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Fécondité humaine -- Australie -- Tasmanie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Tasmania.
Australasian & Pacific history.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900.
Population & demography.
Birth control, contraception, family planning.
Women's health.
Fertility, Human
Tasmania
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: 1760463361
ISBN 9781760463373 (electronic bk.)
176046337X (electronic bk.)
1760463361
9781760463366
Standard No. 10.22459/AFT.2020 doi
AUNED 000066784039
AU@ 000066985766
AU@ 000066864008

 
    
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