Social Differences in Infant Mortality in 19th Century Rostock<br>A Demographic Analysis Based on Church Records

The article examines the historical development of infant mortality in the Hanseatic city of Rostock, with a special focus on the question of how socio-economic factors influenced infant mortality in the early 19th century. Compared with the rest of Germany, the city exhibited an exceedingly low inf...

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Main Authors: Michael Mühlichen, Rembrandt D. Scholz, Gabriele Doblhammer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Federal Institute for Population Research 2015-03-01
Series:Comparative Population Studies
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Online Access:http://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/178