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The Dawn of Demographic Transition: The Population of Bisko in Cetinska Krajina (1870-1880)
Marinko Marić
Anđelko Akrap
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In the period 1870-1880, Bisko (rural parish in the hinterland of Split) demonstrated some positive, if modest, demographic trends. Practically all indicators point to a smooth beginning of the transitional process, lacking radical changes witnessed in other regions. The first transitional effects were noticeable on the longer aging process. Given the reliability of the data, the parish registers of Bisko appear not to have been kept accurately (e.g. death at birth was not registered on the same date), somewhat lower natality and mortality rates, and also a smaller proportion of infant deaths in the overall number of deaths may not reflect the actual situation and cannot be attributed to the transitional process. Early marriage and a large proportion of women who married under the age of 20 point to the pre-transitional period. The rhythm of conception experienced a ‘halt’ during Lent (March-April) as well as in August and October, most likely due to harvest. Winter marriages predominated over the autumn ones. There is no evidence of illegitimate children. The fact that the birth of the first child in wedlock never fell within the first seven months of marriage implies that the population of Bisko was strict in the observance of the religious norms governing prenuptial conception.
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10.6.2009.
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