Measuring Fertility with the 1901 Canadian Census: A Critical Assessment

In demography, the most sophisticated measures of fertility are usually based on the registration of births combined with census data. But where the registration of vital statistics is nonexistent, as in Canada before 1921, demographers have found other ways of measuring fertility, and censuses are...

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Published in:	Historical methods Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 219 - 228
Main Authors:	Gauvreau, Danielle, Gossage, Peter, Gingras, Lucie
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Taylor & Francis Group 2000 Heldref Publications Taylor & Francis Inc
Subjects:	Canada census Censuses Censuses - history child-woman ratios Demographics Demography Family Characteristics Female Fertility History History of medicine History, 20th Century Humans Methods Parity Pregnancy Quebec reproduction Quebec Canada
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Summary:	In demography, the most sophisticated measures of fertility are usually based on the registration of births combined with census data. But where the registration of vital statistics is nonexistent, as in Canada before 1921, demographers have found other ways of measuring fertility, and censuses are one source that can be used for this purpose, at both the aggregate and household levels.
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ISSN:	0161-5440 1940-1906
DOI:	10.1080/01615440009598964