The article analyses illegitimate births as a life course phenomenon for women in the Sundsvall region in northern Sweden during the nineteenth century. In the middle of the century 9% of all children were born out of wedlock in Sweden. By the end of the nineteenth century their numbers had increased to 11%. Illegitimacy was mainly concentrated to urban areas. In the town of Sundsvall it exceeded 20% during the second half of the nineteenth century. It is argued that chances of survival for illegitimate infants were mainly caused by poverty. A majority of the women with illegitimate children managed to find a husband. The marriage resulted in increased chances of survival for children born within wedlock. An illegitimate births was usually...
How prevalent was marriage for children who were removed from their birth community by the poor law ...
This thesis has examined unmarried fathers in two parishes of Umeå in northern Sweden during the per...
This article discusses différent aspects of migration and health in Swedish 19th century urban envir...
The article analyses illegitimate births as a life course phenomenon for women in the Sundsvall regi...
During the 19th and 20th century, Sweden saw a dramatic increase of illegitimate children. The pheno...
This study analyses illegitimate children and their mothers in three different areas in current Karl...
This study analyzes illegitimate children. The children’s mothers age when giving birth, their occup...
This dissertation has investigated the social vulnerability of unmarried mothers in three rural cour...
The purpose of the work is to investigate what the conditions were like for women born out of wedloc...
In this essay I have studied seventy-five unmarried mother’s lives in northeast Sunnerbo district an...
The article is a pilot study dealing with long-term effects of parental loss among children in prein...
Relying on longitudinal micro data from rural Spain between 1750 and 1950, this article evidences th...
ABSTRACT Many studies have been conducted on infanticide and child homicide. Researchers have approa...
Children born out of wedlock have often been exposed to the judgment of Church and Society, regardle...
Giving birth out of wedlock was associated for centuries with shame, economic burden, and secrecy. U...
How prevalent was marriage for children who were removed from their birth community by the poor law ...
This thesis has examined unmarried fathers in two parishes of Umeå in northern Sweden during the per...
This article discusses différent aspects of migration and health in Swedish 19th century urban envir...
The article analyses illegitimate births as a life course phenomenon for women in the Sundsvall regi...
During the 19th and 20th century, Sweden saw a dramatic increase of illegitimate children. The pheno...
This study analyses illegitimate children and their mothers in three different areas in current Karl...
This study analyzes illegitimate children. The children’s mothers age when giving birth, their occup...
This dissertation has investigated the social vulnerability of unmarried mothers in three rural cour...
The purpose of the work is to investigate what the conditions were like for women born out of wedloc...
In this essay I have studied seventy-five unmarried mother’s lives in northeast Sunnerbo district an...
The article is a pilot study dealing with long-term effects of parental loss among children in prein...
Relying on longitudinal micro data from rural Spain between 1750 and 1950, this article evidences th...
ABSTRACT Many studies have been conducted on infanticide and child homicide. Researchers have approa...
Children born out of wedlock have often been exposed to the judgment of Church and Society, regardle...
Giving birth out of wedlock was associated for centuries with shame, economic burden, and secrecy. U...
How prevalent was marriage for children who were removed from their birth community by the poor law ...
This thesis has examined unmarried fathers in two parishes of Umeå in northern Sweden during the per...
This article discusses différent aspects of migration and health in Swedish 19th century urban envir...