Romanian Families and Households in Northeastern Transylvania: Early 20th Century
Romanian Families and Households in Northeastern Transylvania: Early 20th Century

Summary/Abstract: This paper is a demographic analysis of the Romanian household in Transylvania at the beginning of the 20th century. The case study on the Greek-Catholic communities in Budeºti and Miceºtii de Câmpie (Bistriþa-Nãsãud County) is based on the “nominal assessments of souls” from 1901. The processed information revealed that the domestic group was small (4–5 members) and that households with a simple structure predominated. Investigating the relationship between the percentage of married persons and those being heads of household showed that marriage meant immediate accession to the position of head of household, but only for some men. The others began their marital life within extended or multiple families, where supremacy belonged to parents, sometimes until a very old age. The relationship between the age of the head of household and its typology underlined that most of the complex households were headed by an old man, while households with a simple structure were led by a young person.

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