New evidence on the fertility transition in Ireland 1880–1911
Author(s) -
Cormac Ó Gráda
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
demography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1533-7790
pISSN - 0070-3370
DOI - 10.2307/2061421
Subject(s) - fertility , demography , marital status , geography , population , demographic economics , economics , sociology
Recent analyses of Ireland’s marital fertility transition based on the Princeton Ig and the Stanford CPA measures are reassessed. Revised county estimates of Ig are subjected to regression analysis, and added insight into CPA is offered by comparing Ireland with Scotland and applying the measure to three specially constructed local data sets.
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