Male fertility in the 19th century: the case of the Moscow merchant class

Irina A. Troitskaya () and Alexandre A. Avdeev ()
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Irina A. Troitskaya: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Alexandre A. Avdeev: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Population and Economics, 2022, vol. 6, issue 2, 144-152

Abstract: The article presents estimates of male fertility among the Moscow merchants in 1850-1858: it assesses the impact of specific marital behavior of male merchants on fertility rates, defines the limits of the male reproductive age, and considers the contribution of infant and child mortality to the formation of family structure. Skazki (household lists) of the 10th revision of the Moscow merchants served the data source. The analysis showed that late marriage with low definitive celibacy of the Moscow male merchants and a significant age difference between spouses is combined with relatively high rates of male fertility at the age of over 50. The total fertility rate for the period under study exceeds five children per man.

Keywords: population; revisions; male; fertility; definitive; celibacy; singulate; mean; age; at; marriage; own-children; method; infant; mortality; child; mortality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J12 J13 N33 N93 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.3897/popecon.6.e91138

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