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Rivalry, solidarity, and longevity among siblings

“…Simultaneously, a transition towards age homogamy began, suggesting that egalitarian relations between husband and wife were gradually becoming the new norm and that love became a necessary condition for marriage (Van de Putte and Matthijs 2001;Coontz 2005). The fact that marriage witnesses were increasingly sought among family members, especially siblings, could suggest that the family was becoming a more important institution than it had been previously (Bras 2011;Matthijs 2003Matthijs , 2006. Mortality decline strengthened family ties, as both parents and children died less often prematurely, lengthening the time that they spent together.…”

Historical Life Courses and Family Reconstitutions. The Scientific Impact of the Antwerp COR*-Database

“…Inspired by the above mentioned studies on Wallonia, the development of the Historical Sample of the Netherlands (Mandemakers & Kok, 2020), as well as the construction of Swedish historical demographic databases at Umeå University (Engberg & Edvinsson, 2020;Westberg, Engberg, & Edvinsson, 2016) and Lund University (Bengtsson & Dribe, 2021;Dribe & Quaranta, 2020), the idea arose to build a high quality historical demographic database on Flanders. Under the lead of Koen Matthijs, who had acquired extensive experience on the collection and analysis of vital registration data (Matthijs, 2002(Matthijs, , 2003a, members of the research group Family and Population Studies (FaPOS) of the KU Leuven, started a pilot project on the city of Antwerp in order to test whether the envisioned data collection procedure was feasible (Matthijs & Moreels, 2010;Van Baelen, 2007).…”