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Book SynopsisThis is the second in a series of monographs on the historic decline of European fertility to be issued by the Office of Population Research at Princeton University. It is a detailed statistical description and analysis of the transition from high to low birth rates which took place in Germany between Unification and the beginning of World War II.
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Foreword, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Contents, pg. xi*List of Tables, pg. xiii*List of Maps and Figures, pg. xix*CHAPTER 1: Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER 2: Trends in German Fertility and Nuptiality, pg. 38*CHAPTER 3: Social Differentials in the German Fertility Decline, pg. 88*CHAPTER 4: Demographic Change and Fertility Decline: Infant Mortality, pg. 148*CHAPTER 5: Demographic Change and Fertility Decline: Emigration, Migration, and Urbanization, pg. 188*CHAPTER 6: The Social Context of the German Fertility Decline, pg. 223*CHAPTER 7: Summary of Findings, pg. 246*APPENDIX 1A. The Choice of a Regional Classification for Germany, pg. 263*APPENDIX 1B Comparison of the Demographic Indices with Conventional Measures Based on the German Experience 1800-1925, pg. 266*APPENDIX 2A: Democraphic Indices for Germany - If, Ig, Ih, Im, and Im*, - for Each Administrative Area and for Each Province or State Consisting of More than One Administrative Area, pg. 270*APPENDIX 2B: Notes on Data Adjustments Involved in the Computation of the Basic Demographic Indices in Appendix Table 2.1, pg. 276*APPENDIX 3: Rural-Urban Marital Fertility for Selected German States and Administrative Areas, pg. 279*APPENDIX 4 (Tables 4.1, 4.2, & 4.3), pg. 288*Official Statistical Sources, pg. 292*Other References, pg. 294*Index, pg. 301
