The resource shows us the number of abandoned children, foundlings, that took place in Antequera (Malaga) in the first half of the 18th century. The data reveal that the annual average number of foundlings was 60, a figure that remained relatively stable throughout this chronological period. However, the number of abandoned children is inversely related to the number of baptisms: on the one hand, the maximum number of baptisms is found in 1745, when 1,058 children were sacramentalised; in this year, foundlings accounted for 8%. On the other hand, in the year in which the fewest baptisms were recorded, 1738, foundlings accounted for 11%. These dynamics follow the same trends as at the end of the 17th century, unlike the second half of the 18th century when the periods of fewer abandonments coincided with the lowest number of baptisms.
Collection: Graphics
Project: 3. Rural world and urban world in the formation of the European identity., 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe.
Chronology: XVIII
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Graph
Format: Line chart
Source: León Vegas, M. (2015). "Un estudio de caso sobre abandono infantil en la Andalucía Moderna: los expósitos de la inclusa antequerana", en Revista de Demografía Histórica, XXXIII, 1, p. 121.
Language: Spanish
Date: 2015
Owner: Pablo Ballesta Fernández (Modernalia)
Copyright: ©Revista de Demografía Histórica ©Milagros León Vegas
Abstract: Graph showing the total number of births, legitimate children and foundlings according to the parish registers of Antequera
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AntequeraBautismosCrisisDemografía HistóricaExpósitosFamiliaHijosHijos ilegítimosHijos legítimosMálagaMatrimoniosRegistros parroquialesSiglo XVIII
