Nuptiality

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Nuptiality is a term from the sociology of population and describes the number of marriages as a basis for reproduction and population development. Historically, the term probably goes back to Johann Peter Süßmilch , who dealt with marriages as a factor in demographic developments for the first time in his work around the middle of the 18th century , even if he did not yet use the term himself.

In a scientific context, the number usually refers to a defined number of people, for example a certain population group or a certain age group, and is occasionally limited to those who are married for the first time. Since society has been subject to a certain change in the last few decades with regard to the forms and frequencies of cohabitation as a prerequisite for offspring, the term is also subject to a corresponding change and, when considering 'modernity', also includes all marriage-like communities. Whither when looking at historical periods in which church marriage was the decisive prerequisite for reproduction in a society, where only this is considered and which, due to the church registry registers, offer the most reliable database for statistical considerations. Together with fertility and the mortality rate , nuptiality defines the natural population development apart from external influences.

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  1. ↑ Lars Behrisch: Journal for Historical Research - 43/2016 No.4 - book reviews . Ed .: Niels Grüne. Duncker & Humblot GmbH, 2016, p. 823 .
  2. ↑ Johann Peter Süßmilch : The divine order in the changes of the human gender from birth, death and reproduction of the same . 2nd edition (in 2 parts). Daniel August Gohls, Berlin, 1742, p. 42 ff., 63 ff . ( digital-sammlungen.de ).
  3. ^ Deutsches Ärzteblatt, Issue 3/83, "Mortality - Letality - Morbidity (Incidence - Prevalence) . Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag GmbH, Cologne, January 15, 1986, p. 98 ( aerzteblatt.de [PDF]).
  4. ↑ Sebastian Müller: Village Society in Transition: Population Development and Industrialization in the Limbacher Land . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, 2018, ISBN 978-3-412-51290-3 , pp. 135-139 .
  5. ↑ Yasemine Niephaus: An Introduction: Population Science and Population Sociology . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2012, ISBN 978-3-531-15552-4 , p. 17 ( springer.com ).