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Socio-Spatial Patterns of Infant Survival in Montreal, 1859-60
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| Title |
Socio-Spatial Patterns of Infant Survival in Montreal, 1859-60
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| Abstract |
The author argues that ethnicity is the main explanatory variable in infant survival in Montreal in 1859. Four thousand infants were identified by the author from parish registers as being born in Montreal in 1859. Of these children, more than one quarter died as infants. The author found that parental class or social status did not play a significant role on infant survival. Instead, he argues, ethnicity was the main explanatory variable that determined infant survival. Children of French-speaking Catholic parents suffered the greatest loss of life, compared with infants of English-speaking (Irish) Catholic and English-speaking Protestant parents. The survival rate of children of English Catholics and English Protestants were similar, despite the wide difference in social class between these two groups.
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Master's Thesis
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| University |
McGill University
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Montreal
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| Date |
1987
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| # of Pages |
vi-172p.
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| Language |
en
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Thach, Quoc Thuy. “Socio-Spatial Patterns of Infant Survival in Montreal, 1859-60.” Master’s Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol1/QMM/TC-QMM-63840.pdf.
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