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Demography and evolution of an urban ethnic community: Polish Hill, Pittsburgh
Author(s) -
Crawford Michael H.,
Goldstein Evelyn
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330430117
Subject(s) - ethnic group , geography , demography , economic geography , gerontology , genealogy , sociology , history , anthropology , medicine
Polish Hill is an urban, ethnic enclave of approximately 3000 residents residing in a 25‐block area of Pittsburgh. This paper documents changes in the fertility, morbidity, and mortality patterns in the community from the turn of the century to the present. The demographic reconstruction is based upon baptismal and marriage records, the administration of demographic proformae and population censuses. The high mortality, morbidity, and fertility variance suggest that the immigrant population has experienced a period of high opportunity for selection in the early 1900's and that Crow's index was gradually reduced to its present level.