Quality of Life and Mortality Among Children

Thomas E. Jordan

ISBN 10: 9400743890 / ISBN 13: 9789400743892

Published by Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Apr 2012, 2012

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Neuware -Thisbirefs examines mortality among young children in the period from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. It does so using several types and sources of informationfrom the census unit England and Wales, and from Ireland. The sources of information used in this study include memoirs, diaries, poems, church records and numerical accounts. They offer descriptions of the quality of life and child mortality over the three centuries under study. Additional sources for the nineteenth century are two census-derived numerical indexes of the quality of life. They are the VICQUAL index for England and Wales, and the QUALEIRE index for Ireland. Statistical procedures have been applied to the numbers provided by the sources with the aim to identify effects of and associations between such variables as gender, age, and social background. Thebriefs examines the results to consider the impact ofchildren¿s deaths upon parents and families, and concludes that there are differences andcontinuities across the centuries.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 100 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Quality of Life and Mortality Among Children
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Apr 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9400743890
• ISBN 13: 9789400743892
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 6D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 6 millimeters depth
• Weight: 166 grams

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Synopsis

This birefs examines mortality among young children in the period from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. It does so using several types and sources of information from the census unit England and Wales, and from Ireland. The sources of information used in this study include memoirs, diaries, poems, church records and numerical accounts. They offer descriptions of the quality of life and child mortality over the three centuries under study. Additional sources for the nineteenth century are two census-derived numerical indexes of the quality of life. They are the VICQUAL index for England and Wales, and the QUALEIRE index for Ireland. Statistical procedures have been applied to the numbers provided by the sources with the aim to identify effects of and associations between such variables as gender, age, and social background. The briefs examines the results to consider the impact of children's deaths upon parents and families, and concludes that there are differences and continuities across the centuries.

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This briefs examines mortality among young children in the period from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. It does so using several types and sources of information from the census unit England and Wales, and from Ireland. The sources of information used in this study include memoirs, diaries, poems, church records and numerical accounts. They offer descriptions of the quality of life and child mortality over the three centuries under study. Additional sources for the nineteenth century are two census-derived numerical indexes of the quality of life. They are the VICQUAL index for England and Wales, and the QUALEIRE index for Ireland. Statistical procedures have been applied to the numbers provided by the sources with the aim to identify effects of and associations between such variables as gender, age, and social background. The briefs examines the results to consider the impact of children’s deaths upon parents and families, and concludes that there are differences and continuities across the centuries.