Person: Reher Sullivan, David Sven
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David Sven
Last Name
Reher Sullivan
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Ciencias Políticas y Sociología
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Sociología Aplicada
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Sociología
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Publication Fertility and contraception: The experience of Spanish women born in the first half of the twentieth century(Taylor & Francis Online, 2022-10-18) Requena, Miguel; Reher, David; Sanz-Gimeno, Alberto; Reher Sullivan, David Sven; Sanz Gimeno, AlbertoNew data based on retrospective interviews with older informants enable us to review the history of contraceptive use among Spanish women over much of the twentieth century. This source is unique because it includes cohorts of women whose reproductive lives took place before, during, and after the baby boom. Traditional contraceptive methods (withdrawal and periodic abstinence) were central to the experience of the first set of women, while the last set made full use of modern as well as some traditional methods. For the first cohorts, traditional methods spearheaded the historic decline in fertility, while among the last set of women modern methods led to a precipitous decline towards the belowreplacement fertility that continues in Spain today. There is no evidence that the modest increases in fertility during the baby boom in Spain were the result of a decline in the use of contraception among married women.Publication A survey of baby booms and busts in 20th century Spain(Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock (Germany), 2021-12-07) Reher, David; Requena, Miguel; Sánchez-Domínguez, María; Pombo, Nieves; Sanz Gimeno, Alberto; Sánchez Domínguez, María Isabel; Reher Sullivan, David SvenThis paper presents a new source of microdata on women’s reproductive life in 20th century Spain, the Baby Boom and Bust Survey (BBBS). While certain countries have other sources of microdata such as censuses or specific fertility surveys that have been useful in shedding light on aspects of reproduction, few provide the longitudinal, integrated, and nuanced perspective afforded by this survey. The Baby Boom and Bust Survey includes women’s reproductive histories for the period prior to the baby boom, the baby boom itself, and the early stages of the baby bust.Publication La conquista de la salud: mortalidad y modernización en la España contemporánea(Marcial Pons, 2015) Pérez Moreda, Vicente; Reher Sullivan, David Sven; Sanz Gimeno, AlbertoEspaña, que presentaba unos indicadores de mortalidad de los más elevados del continente europeo a finales del siglo XIX, pasó de ser «el país de la muerte» a figurar, desde los decenios finales del siglo XX, entre los de mayor esperanza de vida de toda la comunidad internacional. Este gran cambio, que se produjo siguiendo puntualmente todas las etapas de la «transición epidemiológica y sanitaria», constituye sin duda el más importante de los logros que caracterizan la modernización de la sociedad española. Y aunque se dispone de suficientes datos y abundantes estudios sectoriales para fijar su cronología, sus causas y consecuencias, no se contaba hasta ahora con una obra como ésta, que sintetiza el proceso en su conjunto, subrayando y analizando con detalle sus complejas causas y sus numerosas implicaciones. Este libro no es sólo un detenido análisis de la mortalidad española por edades, sexos y causas de defunción a lo largo del período central de su declive -los dos primeros tercios del siglo XX-, sino que incorpora y discute las aportaciones que en los últimos tiempos se vienen haciendo, desde la demografía histórica, la historia económica y social, la antropometría o la historia de la medicina, al estudio de la conquista de la salud de los españoles en el último siglo de su historia.Publication Agency in fertility decisions in Western Europe during the demographic transition: a comparative perspective(Springer, 2017-01-09) Reher Sullivan, David Sven; Sandström, Glenn; Sanz Gimeno, Alberto; Van Poppel, Frans W. A.We use a set of linked reproductive histories taken from Sweden, the Netherlands, and Spain for the period 1871–1960 to address key issues regarding how reproductive change was linked specifically to mortality and survivorship and more generally to individual agency. Using event-history analysis, this study investigates how the propensity to have additional children was influenced by the number of surviving offspring when reproductive decisions were made. The results suggest that couples were continuously regulating their fertility to achieve reproductive goals. Families experiencing child fatalities show significant increases in the hazard of additional births. In addition, the sex composition of the surviving sibset also appears to have influenced reproductive decisions in a significant but changing way. The findings offer strong proof of active decision-making during the demographic transition and provide an important contribution to the literature on the role of mortality for reproductive change.