The demography of Roman Egypt / Roger S. Bagnall and Bruce W. Frier
- Bib ID:
- 1851550
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- Author:
- Bagnall, Roger S
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- Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1994
- xix, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0521461235
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 23.
- Full contents:
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- Foreword / Ansley J. Coale
- 1. The census returns. 1. The documents and the history of the census. 2. The census process. 3. The form of the returns. 4. Government uses of the returns
- 2. The census returns as demographic evidence. 1. The scientific study of human populations. 2. Data bases. 3. Demographic quality of the census returns. 4. Assessment of the census returns
- 3. Households. 1. The population of Egypt. 2. Household forms. 3. Metropoleis and villages
- 4. Female life expectancy. 1. Life tables and stable populations. 2. The female age structure. 3. The female life table
- 5. Male life expectancy and the sex ratio. 1. The sex ratio. 2. The age-specific sex ratio. 3. A provisional male life table. 4. The total Egyptian age distribution. 5. Egyptian mortality: a general assessment
- 6. Marriage. 1. Age at first marriage. 2. The age difference between husbands and wives. 3. Marriage patterns. 4. Brother-sister marriage
- 7. Fertility.
- 1. Overall female fertility. 2. Controls on population growth. 3. Births outside of marriage. 4. Births to slave women
- 8. Migration
- 9. Conclusion. 1. A typical Mediterranean population? 2. A stable population?
- Catalogue of census declarations
- App. 1: Minor corrections to census texts
- App. 2: Concordance of publications and household numbers
- App. 3: Statistical methods
- App. 4: Tables A-D.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-348) and index.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Frier, Bruce W., 1943-
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