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Is there a Connection between a Woman's fecundity and that of her mother?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

C. M. Langford  and
C. Wilson
C. M. Langford
Affiliation:
Department of Population Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science
C. Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Population Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Summary

Data on the fertility of mothers and daughters in 10,931 mother–daughter pairs were obtained from family reconstitution studies based on English parish registers between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. These data indicate that there is no association between the fecundity of daughters and that of their mothers.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 437 - 443
Copyright
Copyright © 1985, Cambridge University Press

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