Composing a National Picture from Local Scenes: New and Future Insights into the Fertility Transition

Q4 Arts and Humanities

Local Population Studies Pub Date : 2018-06-30 DOI:10.35488/LPS100.2018.60

E. Garrett, A. Reid

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Abstract

This contribution examines the relationship between local population studies and the national picture by considering the example of the Victorian fertility transition in England and Wales. It begins by summarising the history of research into the fertility decline. It then describes a recent project, the Atlas of Fertility Decline, which has used the newly available machine-readable data on individuals from the censuses from 1851 to 1911 to estimate fertility at the level of the registration sub-district. The results from the project can be used to highlight geographical variations in fertility at the regional and local level. Explaining the patterns observed, though, will require detailed local studies. New resources that are being opened up for researchers interested in such issues in their local community, in their county, in their region or in the nation as a whole, make the pursuit and attainment of answers possible. New light can be thrown on local scenes that will each add a piece of the jigsaw which, when completed, will bring a whole new level of understanding of the complex puzzle that is the fertility transition in England and Wales.

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从地方景观构成全国图景:对生育转型的新认识和未来展望

这一贡献通过考虑英格兰和威尔士维多利亚时期生育率转变的例子，考察了当地人口研究与国家图景之间的关系。文章首先总结了生育率下降的研究历史。然后介绍了最近的一个项目，即生育率下降地图集，该项目使用了1851年至1911年人口普查中新获得的机器可读的个人数据来估计登记分区一级的生育率。该项目的结果可用于突出区域和地方一级生育率的地理差异。然而，解释观察到的模式需要详细的当地研究。正在为当地社区、所在县、所在区域或整个国家对这些问题感兴趣的研究人员开放的新资源使追求和获得答案成为可能。新的光线可以投射到当地的场景中，每一个场景都将增加一块拼图，当拼图完成后，将使人们对英格兰和威尔士的生育过渡这一复杂难题的理解达到一个全新的水平。

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Local Population Studies Social Sciences-Demography

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期刊介绍： The journal Local Population Studies was first published as a newsletter and magazine in 1968. Since then it has become a more formal journal. It is published bi-annually and is the world"s only journal on matters relating to population within a local or community context. Its emphasis is on Great Britain, but occasional articles about other local communities are published. Subscription to Local Population Studies is included within membership of the LPSS.