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The adoption of fertility control on Mykonos 1879-1959: Stopping, spacing or both?

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Violetta HionidouORCiD

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Abstract

This paper examines the timing and means of the fertility transition on the Greek island of Mykonos in the period 1879 to 1959. By combining the results of family reconstitution with oral evidence, an unusual insight into the pathways of the fertility transition of this island population is offered. The paper concludes by outlining a model of the adoption of fertility control, a model which sees the transition from high to low fertility as a transition from spacing to stopping, and from innovation of methods to innovation of ideas.

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Author(s): Hionidou V

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Population Studies

Year: 1998

Volume: 52

Issue: 1

Pages: 67-83

Print publication date: 01/03/1998

ISSN (print): 0032-4728

ISSN (electronic): 1477-4747

Publisher: Routledge

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0032472031000150186

DOI: 10.1080/0032472031000150186

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