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The naming of orphans in France during World War One: A study of a nationwide cohort of pupilles de la Nation

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  • Nicolas Todd
  • Alain-Jacques Valleron
  • Pierre Bougnères

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The investigation of a simple behavior, child naming, can provide insights into the varying reactions of families confronted by the extraordinary war losses of the First World War. The current study analyses names given in a large cohort of French orphans born 1914–1916, constructed thanks to the linkage of civil registers with a nationwide database of soldiers who died during the War. It shows that a prenatal loss of father was associated with a strong increase in father's name transmission. The phenomenon was twice as intense in officers' offspring. Regression analysis suggests the precise timing of the father's death controlled this change in naming behavior: father's name transmission was at a maximum when the father died at the very beginning of pregnancy.

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  • Nicolas Todd & Alain-Jacques Valleron & Pierre Bougnères, 2018. "The naming of orphans in France during World War One: A study of a nationwide cohort of pupilles de la Nation," Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(2), pages 82-91, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:vhimxx:v:51:y:2018:i:2:p:82-91
    DOI: 10.1080/01615440.2018.1425171
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