In historical populations, female death rates usually exceeded male death rates during the reproductive ages. The most obvious cause of this difference is deaths resulting from childbirth. Parish registers show that maternal mortality in pre-industrial England (1650-1800) averaged 10 per 1,000 births – or 1.0 percent, 50 times higher than today. Childbearing dramatically increased the… Continue reading New Insights on Historic Causes of Maternal Deaths
Project: Demography
Making the US Census an Accessible Classroom Resource, SSDAN Fosters Data Literacy
Data analysis has long been the coin of the Social Science realm, but the drive to prepare the next generation to use and make sense of data has never been more zealous. Higher education is adapting to wide and deep demands to train students, adding new programs in data science and shifting curricula across the… Continue reading Making the US Census an Accessible Classroom Resource, SSDAN Fosters Data Literacy