Women’s subsistence strategies predict fertility across cultures, but context matters
(2024)
Journal Article
Page, A. E., Ringen, E. J., Koster, J., Borgerhoff Mulder, M., Kramer, K., Shenk, M. K., …Sear, R. (2024). Women’s subsistence strategies predict fertility across cultures, but context matters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(9), Article e2318181121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2318181121
While it is commonly assumed that farmers have higher, and foragers lower, fertility compared to populations practicing other forms of subsistence, robust supportive evidence is lacking. We tested whether subsistence activities—incorporating market i... Read More about Women’s subsistence strategies predict fertility across cultures, but context matters.