CONTENTS
Part I: Special Issue
Editorial 7
Mikołaj Szołtysek
Science without Laws? Model Building, Micro Histories and the Fate of the Theory of Fertility Decline. 10
Jan Van Bavel
The Decline of Illegitimacy and the Control of Marital Fertility During the Demographic Transition. Testing the Innovation-diffusion Hypothesis Using Cohort Fertility Data from a Belgian Town, 1850-1910. 42
Wilko Schröter
Vergleich der Fertilität im deutschen Hochadel ab 1600 mit der „Natural Fertility”. 68
Rolf Gehrmann
Geburtenbeschränkung im ländlichen Deutschland vor dem Fertility Decline. 91
Rita Müller & Sylvia Schraut
Geburtenplanung, soziale Ungleichheit und Geschlecht – Das Beispiel Stuttgart während der Industrialisierung. 111
George Alter & Michel Oris & Muriel Neven
When Protoindustry Collapsed Fertility and the Demographic Regime in Rural Eastern Belgium During the Industrial Revolution. 137
Béatrice Craig
Catholic and Malthusian: the Entrepreneurs of Tourcoing in the Nineteenth Century. 160
Eva-Maria Silies
Familienplanung und Bevölkerungswachstum als religiöse Herausforderung. Die katholische Kirche und die Debatte um die Pille in den 1960er Jahren. 187
Focus
Part II: FOCUS
Kevin Schürer
Creating a Nationally Representative Individual and Household Sample for Great Britain, 1851 to 1901 – The Victorian Panel Study (VPS). 211
1. Introduction, p. 212.
2. Potential Demand for a VPS: 2.1. Introduction, p. 214; 2.2. The evidence of modern longitudinal studies, p. 215; 2.3. Use of historic census data and longitudinal data, p. 215; 2.4. Potential Uses for a VPS, p. 218.
3. The 1851 Census national sample: 3.1. Background, p. 220; 3.2. Alternatives to the Anderson sample, p. 227.
4. Sample design, Rules of Observation and Refreshment: 4.1. Introduction, p. 228; 4.2. Sample design, p. 228; 4.3. Rules of observation and refreshment, p. 233; 4.4. Weighting and Sample Design Effects, p. 244; 4.5. Recommendations on weighting, p. 248; 4.6. Likely weighting variables that the VPS will need to create, p. 250; 4.7. Data dissemination issues, p. 251.
5. Record-linkage strategies: 5.1. Approaches to record linkage, p. 252; 5.2. Standardisation of data, p. 258; 5.3. Multiple links, p. 266; 5.4. The use of indexes, p. 275; 5.5. A linkage strategy for the VPS, p. 277; 5.6. Scotland, p. 287; 5.7. Existing linkage solutions, p. 288.
6. Cross-comparability with other longitudinal studies: 6.1. Background, p. 288; 6.2. International historical longitudinal studies, p. 289; 6.3. Present day longitudinal studies, p. 297; 6.4. Recommendations for coding occupations/ social status, p. 300; 6.5. Database design and dissemination issues, p. 304.
7. Potential of Relating other materials to the VPS: 7.1. Background, p. 305; 7.2. Individual level, p. 306; 7.3. Household level, p. 310; 7.4. Area level, p. 312; 7.5. Other sources, p. 315; 7.6. Conclusions, p. 316.
8. Recommendations and Future Strategy, p. 317.
9. Bibliography: 9.1. Data Sources, p. 320; 9.2. Publications referenced in text of the report, p. 321; 9.3. Publications on record linkage consulted in reference to section 5 but not directly cited in text, p. 327.