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The population structure of the Amish, a rapidly growing ethnic religion in North America.
| Τίτλος: | The population structure of the Amish, a rapidly growing ethnic religion in North America. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Anderson C; The Pennsylvania State University., Thiehoff S; Technical University of Dortmund.; University of Southampton. |
| Πηγή: | Population studies [Popul Stud (Camb)] 2026 Jul; Vol. 80 (2), pp. 257-280. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Dec 19. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Routledge Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0376427 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1477-4747 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00324728 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Popul Stud (Camb) Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: London : Routledge Original Publication: London [etc.] Population Investigation Committee [etc.] |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Birth Rate*/ethnology , Ethnicity*/statistics & numerical data , Religion* , Population Dynamics*, Marriage/statistics & numerical data ; Marriage/ethnology ; Humans ; Female ; North America ; Adult ; Young Adult ; Life Expectancy ; Infant ; Infant Mortality ; Fertility |
| Περίληψη: | As Western populations face projected decline, understanding the demographics of high-fertility subpopulations becomes increasingly important. The Amish represent one rapidly growing North American subgroup, yet existing demographic studies are dated and narrowly focused. Here, we use a new population database of >50,000 households-the vast majority of Amish-to offer an up-to-date population-wide analysis that shows high fertility and low mortality and attrition. Specifically, women's median age at marriage is 20.9, and 87.1 per cent marry by age 50; premarital conceptions are low (4.30 per cent of first births); spacing between marriage and first birth is short (mean 17.2 months); the total fertility rate is 6.1; infant mortality is 5.9; life expectancy at birth is 81.16 years; attrition is low (84.46 per cent retention for those aged 40+); and in-conversion is very low (154 individuals across nearly a century). These definitive population-wide figures open the way for testing predictors of population change and charting how growing subpopulations are shaping regions. |
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| Grant Information: | P2C HD041025 United States HD NICHD NIH HHS; K99 HD111665 United States HD NICHD NIH HHS; T32 HD007514 United States HD NICHD NIH HHS; R24 AG089064 United States AG NIA NIH HHS; R24 HD041025 United States HD NICHD NIH HHS |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: high fertility; mortality; religious conversion; retention and attrition; rural demography |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20251219 Date Completed: 20260701 Latest Revision: 20260726 |
| Update Code: | 20260726 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC12909094 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00324728.2025.2592576 |
| PMID: | 41416446 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
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