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Fertility, Mortality and Migration in SubSaharan Africa

The Case of Ovamboland in North Namibia, 1925–90

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Authors:
  1. Veijo Notkola

    1. Interview and Research Services Statistics, Finland

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  2. Harri Siiskonen

    1. University of Joensuu, Finland

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Veijo Notkola, Harri Siiskonen
    Pages 1-6

  3. Ovamboland: Ecology, History, Economy, and Culture

    • Veijo Notkola, Harri Siiskonen
    Pages 7-16

  4. Population Development in Namibia

    • Veijo Notkola, Harri Siiskonen
    Pages 17-25

  5. Christianization in Ovamboland

    • Veijo Notkola, Harri Siiskonen
    Pages 26-30

  6. Research Area

    • Veijo Notkola, Harri Siiskonen
    Pages 31-39

  7. Materials and Methods

    • Veijo Notkola, Harri Siiskonen
    Pages 40-58

  8. Quality of Data

    • Veijo Notkola, Harri Siiskonen
    Pages 59-67

  9. Fertility

    • Veijo Notkola, Harri Siiskonen
    Pages 68-87

  10. Mortality

    • Veijo Notkola, Harri Siiskonen
    Pages 88-111

  11. Migration

    • Veijo Notkola, Harri Siiskonen
    Pages 112-163

  12. Summary

    • Veijo Notkola, Harri Siiskonen
    Pages 164-170

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 171-188
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About this book

In north Namibia the availability of continuous series of parish record data since the 1920s offer excellent possibilities to study population development on a regional level by primary sources. In this study fertility, mortality and internal migration in north Namibia among the Christian population since the mid-1920s to the 1990s is analyzed.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Interview and Research Services Statistics, Finland

    Veijo Notkola

  • University of Joensuu, Finland

    Harri Siiskonen

About the authors

VEIJO NOTKOLA is head of the Survey Research Unit at Statistics Finland. From 1992 to 1996 he was Professor of Demography at the University of Helsinki.

HARRI SIISKONEN is Associate Professor, Department of History at University of Joensuu, Finland. His publications include Trade and Socioeconomic Change in Ovamboland, 1850-1996.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fertility, Mortality and Migration in SubSaharan Africa

  • Book Subtitle: The Case of Ovamboland in North Namibia, 1925–90

  • Authors: Veijo Notkola, Harri Siiskonen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333981344

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Veijo Notkola and Harri Siiskonen 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-41735-3Published: 21 June 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-333-98134-4Published: 08 June 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 188

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Development Economics, African History, Sociology, general, Modern History

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