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7. Contextual Effects on Fertility and Mortality: Complementary Contributions from Demography and Evolutionary Life History Theory

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Title7. Contextual Effects on Fertility and Mortality
SubtitleComplementary Contributions from Demography and Evolutionary Life History Theory
ContributorCaroline Uggla(author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0251.07
Landing pagehttps://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0251/chapters/10.11647/obp.0251.07
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
CopyrightCaroline Uggla
PublisherOpen Book Publishers
Published on2024-06-14
Long abstractIn this chapter I explore the influence of the local ecology, also known as contextual or area effects, on two focal demographic outcomes, fertility and mortality. I start by outlining why ecological effects have been of interest to evolutionary scholars, provide a brief overview of life history theory as a theoretical framework and the type of data from traditional, small-scale populations that have been used to test predictions. Key evolutionary concepts such as extrinsic mortality risk and phenotypic plasticity are explained. I then compare and contrast this perspective to how contextual effects have been tackled by non-evolutionary scholars within demography and related disciplines, drawing on studies mainly from high-income contexts based on broad population register data. In the final part of the chapter I lay out some challenges for this research area, which include addressing selection biases and attaining a greater understanding of underlying causal mechanisms. Future research is likely to be more fruitful if evolutionary and non-evolutionary lines of enquiry become increasingly integrated.
Page rangepp. 169–192
Print length24 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
Contributors

Caroline Uggla

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Researcher at Stockholm University
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1639-3307
https://www.su.se/english/profiles/caugg-1.280124

Caroline Uggla is researcher at the Stockholm University Demography Unit. She is an evolutionary anthropologist working at the intersection of anthropology, demography and sociology. Her main research interests include life history theory, marriage, migration, reproduction and the role of adult sex ratios for human behaviour.

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