On the Demography of Families

A proposal is made to call the demography of families familiography of geneagraphy; it is the study of the N of families in an area & of their distribution by size & structure. Concern is also with 'births' & 'deaths' of families & with 'vital' & mig...

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Published in:Journal of comparative family studies 1976-07, Vol.7 (2), p.133-146
Main Authors: MUSHAM, H. V., Muhsam, H. V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Childbirth
Children
Demography
Demography/Demographic/ Demographical
Discussion/Discussions
Families
Family structure
Family/Families
Husbands
New family
Parents
School age children
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Summary:A proposal is made to call the demography of families familiography of geneagraphy; it is the study of the N of families in an area & of their distribution by size & structure. Concern is also with 'births' & 'deaths' of families & with 'vital' & migratory events affecting families, as well as with relations between these phenomena & their changes in time & space. The main instrument of familiography is a transition matrix showing--for families of given structure--the probabilities of maintaining their structure for a certain period, or of changing it into another structure, & of giving birth to a new family or of dying. Once the family is defined for the purpose of familiography, so that every person belongs exactly to one family, eg, as one or more persons living together & related by blood or marriage, the concepts of 'birth' & death' assume clear meanings: a 'birth' occurs eg, if a man & a woman leave their families of orientation to marry & establish a family of procreation. Familiography may become a useful tool in developing a new approach to conventional demography, in which the status of each person in his family replaces age as the main characteristic for analysis of fertility & mortality. This is expected to prove useful in the study of populations in which no records of ages are kept. AA.
ISSN:0047-2328
1929-9850
DOI:10.3138/jcfs.7.2.133