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Patterns Of Infant Mortality In The Upper St. John Valley French Population: 1791-1838, Marcella H. Sorg, Beatrice C. Craig Feb 1983

Patterns Of Infant Mortality In The Upper St. John Valley French Population: 1791-1838, Marcella H. Sorg, Beatrice C. Craig

Anthropology Faculty Scholarship

The purpose of this paper is to provide a descriptive analysis of infant mortality patterns in a pre-industrial North American population, the Madawaska French of the upper St. John Valley. A synchronic approach was taken in examining a series of 320 infant deaths identified through family reconstitution. The infant mortality rate for the series is 132 per 1000, low compared to other pre-industrial populations. The large average completed family size of 11.34 is associated with short birth intervals averaging 21.9 months. Women who experience infant mortality were found to have significantly larger completed families that those who did not. Infant …


Franco American Resources Inventory Of New England, Franco-American Programs, Orono, Me Jan 1980

Franco American Resources Inventory Of New England, Franco-American Programs, Orono, Me

General Monograph Collection

The Farine book was the product of a 1979/1980 student led and FAROG Sponsored (Franco-American Resource Opportunity Group) cultural and ethnic investigation throughout New England, including Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts's, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island . During this expedition the group members documented their excursions through photographs and interviews with various Franco American individuals or institutions . This Catalog of their actions is a resource for exploring Franco American culture through industry, family. music, religion and community