Rural society in south-western Galicia, in the Bajo Miño region, was part of the North Atlantic demographic system. The study of the parish of San Martín de Caldelas, between 1584 and 1670, shows us the configuration of households according to their economic, material and status level within society: upper, middle and lower families. A first analysis reveals the predominance in number of the lower, more humble families. In these families, the average number of children per family was lower than in the middle and upper families, being 5.79, 7.67 and 6.6 respectively. Another significant difference is the age of entry into marriage, both for women and men, with the poorer families showing a tendency to delay entry due to a late exit from the family, while the upper families had a younger age of marriage for the male than the others. This age difference had an impact on the years of actual fertility, being higher in the more privileged families. The wide variety of information provided by the author helps us to understand the demographic dynamics of families; a structural issue for the analysis and explanation of the society of the Ancien Régime.
Collection: Statistics
Project: 3. Rural world and urban world in the formation of the European identity., 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe.
Chronology: XVI, XVII
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Link: https://www.adeh.org/revista/2009,%202/JM%20PCI%CC%80%C2%A7rez%20GarcA%CC%82%C2%B0a.pdf
Resource type: Statistics
Format: Table
Source: Pérez García, J. M. (2009). "Las claves de la euforia demográfica del Bajo Miño a través de San Martín de Caldelas (1580-1680)", en Revista de Demografía Histórica, XXVII, 2, p. 94.
Language: Spanish
Date: 2009
Owner: Pablo Ballesta Fernández (Modernalia)
Copyright: ©Revista de Demografía Histórica ©José Manuel Pérez García
Abstract: Resource that deals with the structural model of families in the Galician region of Baixo Minho to see the demographic sociology of households according to their social status
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AtlánticoCiclo vitalComarca Bajo MiñoDemografía HistóricaDesigualdadEstamentosEstratificación socialEstructura socialFamiliaGaliciaGéneroMatrimonioNupcialidadParroquiaPrivilegiadosReproducción socialSiglo XVISiglo XVII
