Niñez - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:09:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Niñez - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Distribution of children in Jorquera and Casas Ibáñez according to sex and age (1752-1753) https://historylab.es/distribution-of-children-in-jorquera-and-casas-ibanez-according-to-sex-and-age-1752-1753/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=distribution-of-children-in-jorquera-and-casas-ibanez-according-to-sex-and-age-1752-1753 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:40 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/distribucion-de-los-hijos-en-jorquera-y-casas-ibanez-segun-su-sexo-y-edad-1752-1753/ Example that analyses the dynamics of the offspring of families in two municipalities in central-southern Spain to see the life cycle in the creation of new family nuclei

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]]> During the years of the Ensenada Cadastre, in the municipalities of Jorquera and Casas Ibáñez (Albacete) 78% of the children were under 18 years of age. Of these, 54% were male. Extending the margin up to the age of 25, the age at which they were considered to be of legal age in the mid-18th century, the figures only become more consolidated. From the age of 25 onwards, the number of offspring in the household dropped significantly to only 5%. The author offers us the key to the demographic dynamics of youth: the age of entry into marriage (23 for women and 25 for men). The later entry into marriage on the part of men underpinned their status as offspring belonging to the original family household, as they were conditioned by their father’s apprenticeship in the trade. In the families of artisans, muleteers or small farmers, this help in the workforce was an important added value. On the other hand, during the sample’s childhood, there was a predominance of males over females, confirming the demographic rule that, in general, more males than females were born.

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