Nuptiality patterns have undergone significant transformations in the past decades. The
increase in cohabitation is one of the trends that has recently attracted growing attention in …

Models of the family proposed by the" new household economics" have had a strong
influence on researchers and policymakers alike. In extending these models to developing …

In this paper we compare various models for estimating the covariates of childhood mortality
from the type of data commonly available in developing countries. Specifically, we examine …

The goal of achieving health for all by the year 2000 has instigated numerous studies on the
determinants of health. In this paper, we re-evaluate two models in which infant mortality …

Un rasgo distintivo de Latinoamérica es la coexistencia de matrimonios “con papeles” y
matrimonios “sin papeles”(Castro Martín, 1997; De Vos, 1998; Quilodrán, 1985, 1999). A …

In the nineteenth century, the Netherlands had one of the lowest rates of illegitimate births in
Europe (Shorter, Knodel and vandeWalle 1971, 377). Aswasthe case in other European …

This study tries to shed light on the way in which family characteristics affected the survival of
children in nineteenth-century European societies. Insights from recent epidemiological …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish socio-economic factors and maternal
practices that determine child mortality in Uganda. Design/methodology/approach The …

The study of the relation between mortality and development has often been limited to the
analysis of the effect of income per capita on some measure of the level of mortality such as …

It is clear that unmarried cohabitation is increasing in Chile. It is less clear what unmarried
cohabitation is and why is it rising. In Latin America cohabitation is common among low …