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Population Studies
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The birth statistics of Massachusetts during the Nineteenth Century

Pages 69-94 | Published online: 09 Nov 2011

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  • Spengler , Joseph J. 1930 . The Fecundity of Native and Foreign-Born Vomen in New England . Brookings Institution Pamphlet Series , II ( 1 ) Washington
  • Thompson , Warren and Whelpton , P. K. 1933 . Population Trends in the United States , 262 – 3 . McGrawHill .
  • Shapiro , Sam and Schachter , Joseph . 1954 . Birth Registration Completeness in the United States and Geographic Areas, 1950. Part I: Data for Each State . U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, National Office of Vital Statistics, Vital Statistics-Special Reports, Selected Studies , 39 ( 2 ) : 39 – 39 . Washington
  • Glass , D. V. 1951 . A Note on the Under-registration of Births in Britain in the Nineteenth Century . Population Studies , v ( July ) : 83 – 83 .
  • Spengler , Joseph J. 1930 . The Fecundity of Native and Foreign-Born Vomen in New England . Brookings Institution Pamphlet Series , II ( 1 ) : 13 – 14 . Washington
  • Spengler , Joseph J. 1930 . The Fecundity of Native and Foreign-Born Vomen in New England . Brookings Institution Pamphlet Series , II ( 1 ) : 15 – 15 . Washington
  • See Shryock R. H. The Origin and Significance of the American Public Health Movement Annals of Medical History 1926 647 647
  • Massachusetts . 1859 . Seventeenth Report ... Relating to the Registry and Return of Births, Marriages and Deaths , 5 – 5 . Public Document No. 1 .
  • Fisher , Irving . 1899 . “ Mortality Statistics of the United States Census ” . In The Federal Census: Critical Essays by Members of the American Economic Association , 128 – 128 . Publications of the American Economic Association, New Series, no. 2 .
  • For a concise review of the essential changes in the Massachusetts registration law before 1882 see Billings John S. The Registration of Vital Statistics Annual Report of the National Board of Health 1882 55 461 in
  • Ferenczi , Imre and Willcox , Walter F. 1929 . International Migrations , Vol. I , 395 – 396 . National Bureau of Economic Research .
  • Thorp , Willard L. 1926 . Business Annals , National Bureau of Economic Research . passim
  • Billings , John S. 1882 . “ The Registration of Vital Statistics ” . In Annual Report of the National Board of Health 355 – 461 . in
  • Massachusetts . 1845 . Third Annual Report ... Relating to the Registry and Return of Births, Marriages and Deaths , v – viii . Dutton and Wentworth .
  • Massachusetts . 1849 . Instructions of the Secretary of State to Town and City Clerks, Registrars and Others, Relating to the Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths ... , Dutton and Wentworth . passim
  • For a discussion of the history of birth registration in Boston before the state registration system was established, see Shattuck Lemuel Report to the City Council Appointed to Obtain the Census of Boston for the Year 1845 John H. Eastburn 1846
  • Hansen , Marcus L. and Brebner , John B. 1940 . The Mingling of the Canadian and American Peoples , 180 – 180 . Yale University Press .
  • Thompson , Warren and Whelpton , P. K. 1933 . Population Trends in the United States , 262 – 262 . McGrawHill .
  • Massachusetts . 1845 . Fourth Annual Report ... Relating to the Registry and Return of Births, Marriages and Deatbs ... , ix – ix . Dutton and Wentworth .
  • Glass , D. V. 1951 . A Note on the Under-registration of Births in Britain in the Nineteenth Century . Population Studies , v ( July ) : 83 – 83 .
  • Ferenczi , Imre and Willcox , Walter F. 1929 . International Migrations , Vol. i , 395 – 6 . National Bureau of Economic Research .
  • 1953 . Vital Statistics in England and Wales , 8 – 8 . General Register Office .
  • Thorp , Willard L. 1926 . Business Annals , 123 – 123 . National Bureau of Economic Research .
  • Thorp , Willard L. 1926 . Business Annals , 130 – 131 . National Bureau of Economic Research .
  • Ferenczi , Imre and Willcox , Walter F. 1929 . International Migrations , Vol. 1 , 395 – 396 . National Bureau of Economic Research .
  • Spengler , Joseph J. 1930 . The Fecundity of Native and Foreign-Born Vomen in New England . Brookings Institution Pamphlet Series , II ( 1 ) : 20 – 20 . Washington
  • Spengler , Joseph J. 1930 . The Fecundity of Native and Foreign-Born Vomen in New England . Brookings Institution Pamphlet Series , II ( 1 ) : 20 – 20 . Washington
  • Massachusetts . 1851 . Eighth Report ... Relating to the Registry and Return of Births, Marriages and Deaths , 16 – 28 . Dutton and Wentworth .
  • The test of significance for the difference between correlation coefficients which was used is that described in Hagood Margaret Price Daniel Statistics for Sociologists Henry Holt 1952 460 460
  • Thorp , Willard L. 1926 . Business Annals , 125 – 127 . National Bureau of Economic Research .

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