@CamUniCampop blog #21: The north of England has persistently poorer social and economic outcomes (eg higher mortality), than the south. In today's blog Kevin Schurer explores the origin and development of the north-south divide.

@CamUniCampop blog #20: Today is World Cities Day & Romola Davenport describes England's early urbanisation and the enduring dominance of London while the ranking of other cities changed dramatically #urbanisation #WorldCitiesDay

@CamUniCampop blog #19: How is a cow like a battery? Paul Warde explains alongside outlining the importance of the transition to (and from) coal as an energy source

RT @emvchung: What kept the rich and poor part in industrial Manchester? Read my blog about this and many more on Top of the CamPops!

@CamUniCampop blog #18: Rich and poor in Victorian cities such as Manchester rarely interacted despite living in the same streets or even the same buildings. PhD student Emily Chung explains how work and daily rhythms kept them apart

RT @CamUniCampop: New blog post alert! Today, over 1 in 5 of the UK population are aged 60 and over. We tend to think that in the past, ol…

The dependency ratio (ratio of older people and children to working age people) is also driven by fertility. In England it was lowest in 1671 (low fertility and high early age mortality), and peaked in 1826. Since then lower fertility has counteracted the effects of ageing

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The blog also explains the ‘courtship intensity hypothesis’ and how it relates to sex before marriage, which caused me an interesting moment with @evanhd on @BBCPM in July

Interestingly, historical regionality is mirrored in much more recent times using data from telephone calls

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Overall women were more likely to die from other causes, but once pregnant, the risk of childbirth was inescapable & highly concentrated in time: in the 6 weeks after birth a woman faced 6 times her normal mortality risk: fear of death during childbirth was very understandable.