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Comparative Study of Marriage and Reproduction in East and West

Explore differences in marriage and reproduction patterns between East and West, focusing on China and Northwest Europe. Analyze marriage timing, assortative mating, and fertility behaviors in historical contexts. Research insights on marital fertility lower in China and its relation to economic factors. Delve into crucial questions on deliberate fertility control and societal impacts on reproduction practices. References scholarly work for an in-depth examination.

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Comparative Study of Marriage and Reproduction in East and West

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  1. CMGPD-LNSubstantive Lecture Day 6 Marriage and Reproduction

  2. Marriage and Reproductionin Comparison • East/West differences in marriage and reproduction • East, including China: • Early, universal marriage for women • In China, later and non-universal marriage for men • Relatively slow pace of childbearing after marriage • Northwest Europe • Late marriage for men and women • Some non-marriage • Very rapid childbearing after marriage

  3. Marriage and Remarriage in China • Marriage timing/proportions married • Not much variation in female timing • For CMGPD-LN, female proportions married requires life table analysis • More variation in male timing • Thus more to analyze • Assortative mating • Important question, but hard to do with the CMGPD-LN • Information about females does have surname and age • Variant forms of marriage • Some concubinage in data, but not much • See work by Arthur Wolf and colleagues on Taiwan

  4. Females proportion marriedby region

  5. Females proportion marriedBy population type

  6. Males proportion marriedBy region

  7. Males proportion marriedBy population type

  8. ReproductionMajor questions • Was age-specific marital fertility lower in China than in the West? • Now seems to be broad agreement that it was • Was fertility related to economic conditions, household circumstances, family context? • Also seems to be broad agreement that it was • Remaining question: was fertility behavior deliberate? • Or just a side-effect of other behaviors like migration, etc.? • See Campbell, Cameron and James Lee.  2010.  "Fertility control in historical China revisited: New methods for an old debate."  History of the Family.  15:370-385.  doi:10.1016/j.hisfam.2010.09.003.

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