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Uma Perspectiva Demográfica Sobre A Família No Rio De Janeiro Colonial, Heitor Moura Filho

Heitor Moura Filho

Based on microdata on 4.303 individuals, this paper discusses demographic aspects of the family in Rio de Janeiro during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. We analyse patterns of origin, age (at baptism, at marriage, at the baptism of a first child and at death), fertility (number of children, duration of the fertile period, intergenesic interval), marriage patterns (age at first and second marriage, span between marriages, interval from marriage to first child, widowhood), and mortality (child, from child-birth and in general). Due to lack of space, we do not discuss comparisons with other places and periods. Such results, though …