Gazdasági stressz és gyermekhalandóság székelyföldi falvakban, 1840–1914
Short-Term Economic Stress and Child Mortality in Rural Szeklerland, 1840–1910
Author(s): Levente PakotSubject(s): Economic history, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: infant mortality; child mortality; grain prices; historical demography; living standard; Szeklerland; Transylvania;
Summary/Abstract: Using family reconstitution data from Transylvanian parish registers, this work examines child mortality responses to short-term changes in food prices in Transylvania from 1840 to 1914. Our results show that infant and child mortality was sensitive to short-term fluctuations of corn prices. Contrary to what other micro-level studies found across Europe and Asia, our results show that not only children, but infants, too, were vulnerable to increases in grain prices, showing higher mortality in years with high food prices.
Journal: Certamen
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: V
- Page Range: 231-246
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Hungarian