TY - JOUR
T1 - Trends and risk factors of maternal mortality in late-nineteenth-century Netherlands
AU - Ory, B.E.
AU - van Poppel, F.W.A.
N1 - Reporting year: 2013
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Using family reconstitution data from the Dutch provinces of Groningen, Drenthe, and
Zeeland, trends and risk factors of maternal death from 1846 to 1902 are studied.
Findings confirm other studies of maternal mortality trends for the Netherlands in the
last quarter of the nineteenth century and show that rates were already steadily
decreasing in the mid-nineteenth century. The role of biological and social risk factors
including age, parity, birth interval, social class, season, and year of giving birth were
also explored. Among biological factors we find an increased risk of maternal death for
short birth intervals, late maternal age, high and low parity, multiple gestations, and
stillbirths. Social factors associated with increased risk are belonging to the skilled
working class, being a farmer, giving birth in winter or spring, and giving birth in
earlier years. We also explore trends in the data which reveal directions for future
research.
Keywords: childbirth; family reconstitution; maternal mortality; nineteenth century
AB - Using family reconstitution data from the Dutch provinces of Groningen, Drenthe, and
Zeeland, trends and risk factors of maternal death from 1846 to 1902 are studied.
Findings confirm other studies of maternal mortality trends for the Netherlands in the
last quarter of the nineteenth century and show that rates were already steadily
decreasing in the mid-nineteenth century. The role of biological and social risk factors
including age, parity, birth interval, social class, season, and year of giving birth were
also explored. Among biological factors we find an increased risk of maternal death for
short birth intervals, late maternal age, high and low parity, multiple gestations, and
stillbirths. Social factors associated with increased risk are belonging to the skilled
working class, being a farmer, giving birth in winter or spring, and giving birth in
earlier years. We also explore trends in the data which reveal directions for future
research.
Keywords: childbirth; family reconstitution; maternal mortality; nineteenth century
KW - SSCI
U2 - 10.1080/1081602X.2013.836457
DO - 10.1080/1081602X.2013.836457
M3 - Article
SN - 1081-602X
VL - 18
SP - 481
EP - 509
JO - The History of the Family
JF - The History of the Family
IS - 4
ER -