在美国识别母系亲属网络 1900-1940年
1Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation, University of Minnesota.
The history of the family : an international quarterly
|November 14, 2025
概括
这项研究通过链接人口普查数据来追踪女性的出生姓氏来增强历史亲属关系网络分析. 它揭示了从1900年到1940年女性的母系和父系亲属关系的相似下降.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 人口统计学 人口统计学
- 历史研究 历史研究
背景情况:
- 国家层面对历史女性生命历程和亲属关系网络的分析受到数据可用性的限制.
- 之前的研究使用了姓氏来估计父系亲属关系的近距离,忽视了母系网络,因为女性在结婚后的姓名发生了变化.
研究的目的:
- 用链接的人口普查数据识别已婚妇女的出生姓氏,以更好地衡量美国的母系亲属关系网络.
- 分析1900年至1940年间妇女在母系和父系亲属关系中的趋势.
主要方法:
- 利用IPUMS MLP,LIFE-M和人口普查树的链接人口普查数据,用于1900-1940年期间.
- 识别了已婚妇女的出生姓氏,以重建母系亲属关系网络.
- 在母系和父系亲属关系中比较趋势.
主要成果:
- 非共存的母系亲属关系网络在1900-1940年出现了类似于近亲父系亲属关系网络的衰退.
- 对已婚女性来说,母系亲属关系和父系亲属关系表现出不同的生活过程模式.
- 识别了跨链接数据集的数据偏差,尽管整体趋势保持一致.
结论:
- 考虑到母系和父系亲属关系对于全面了解女性亲属关系网络至关重要.
- 这项研究为未来关于20世纪初女性生活过程和亲属关系的研究提供了新的数据集.
- 研究结果表明,在研究期间,两种类型的亲属关系网络都出现了明显但相似的下降.
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