STANOVNIŠTVO ŽUPE RASNO (1872. – 1882.): POČETAK DEMOGRAFSKE TRANZICIJE U ZAPADNOJ HERCEGOVINI
THE POPULATION OF THE PARISH RASNO (1872-1882): THE BEGINNING OF DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION IN WEST HERZEGOVINA
Author(s): Mirko CigićSubject(s): Local History / Microhistory, Demography and human biology, 19th Century
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru
Keywords: birthrate; demographic transition; fertile contingent; life expectancy; parish Rasno;
Summary/Abstract: A very high average annual rate of natural increase (22,79‰) with a high birth rate (32,72‰) shows that first symptoms of demographic transition in the parish of Rasno appeared in period from 1872 to 1882. Population growth, lifetime extension and reduced mortality, especially of infants and children up to 4 years of age, are the effects of transition processes. High mortality of the fertile contingent was observed in the parish. Most marriages occurred during the autumn and winter peak. The conception rhythm is connected with spring and summer, that is, agricultural work and being outdoors, while the birth rhythm is connected mostly with winter and spring period. Thanks to the Church teaching and Church recommendations on premarital chastity, not a single illegitimate child was recorded.
Journal: Hum
- Issue Year: XVII/2022
- Issue No: 27
- Page Range: 138-182
- Page Count: 45
- Language: Croatian