Statistical Studies of Historical Social Structure

ContentsList of ExhibitsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments1 Demographic Rates and Complexity of Households: Rationale for Experiments2 Demography in the Computer3 Household Hypotheses4 Experimental Results 5 The English Evidence on Household Structure Compared with the Outcomes of Microsimulation A. The Cambridge Collection of Listings of Settlements B. Critique of the English Data C. Homogeneity in the Composition of English Households D. Lessons of Microsimulation Exercises for English Household Structure E. Value of the Simulation Exercises Appendix: Selection and Completeness Criteria for English Listings 6 The Stem-Family Hypothesis and Its Privileged Position A. Evidence from the Continent of Europe B. Inheritance, Partible and Impartible, in Relation to Household Composition C. Close Comparison with German Figures D. Conclusion 7 Measuring Patriline Extinction for Modeling Social Mobility in the Past A. Background to the Questions B. The Definition of Extinction Rate C. Characterizing the Evidence D. Analysis of the Data 8 The Income of Hilandar: A Statistical Exploration A. Introduction B. The Data C. Analysis 9 Ancestors at the Norman Conquest 10 Living Forbears in Stable Populations A. The Death of Parents in Present-Day France B. Grandparents and Great Grandparents C. Forbears in Other Epochs and Places D. Matching Cases in the Age Pyramids 11 Age Pyramid Variances A. Age Pyramid Variability and Population Theory B. Rule of Thumb for Variances C. Using the Rule of Thumb for Classical Statistical Procedures D. No-Confidence Intervals E. Simultaneous Inference F. Analytic Arguments G. Results of the Stylized Simulations H. Conditions of the Simulations I. The Stochastic Plateau J. Conclusion ReferencesIndex