Practice question · Select all that apply
What did family reconstitution reveal about north-west European demography?
Hints
- The findings concerned marriage age, celibacy and the brake on growth.
- Fertility within marriage was largely uncontrolled.
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- A. Age at marriage acted as the population’s brake without contraception
- C. A large proportion never married at all
- D. Women married late, typically at 24–26
Why
Late marriage, high celibacy, and the wedding as the brake. Fertility within marriage was largely uncontrolled, which is exactly why the age of marriage mattered so much.
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