Bras, H. (work in progress). Low Fertility in a High-Fertility Society. Childless and One-Child Families in a 19th-Century Dutch Region
Bras, H. & R. Sear (work in progress). Introduction to the Special Collection on the Power of the Family,Demographic Research.
Bras, H., A. Remund, & V. Delaunay (Under Review). Trajectories of childbearing in a West African setting: Beyond spacing, stopping, and postponing?
2022
Bras, H. & J. Smits (2022). Contexts of Reproduction: Gender Dynamics and Unintended Birth in sub-Saharan Africa,Journal of Marriage and Family,84, 438–456.https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12807
Bras, H. & J. Mandemakers (2022). Maternal Education and Sibling Inequalities in Child Nutritional Status in Ethiopia,SSM – Population Health,17,101041.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101041.
2021
Bras, H. (2021). Ruimtelijke verschillen in culturele overtuigingen en vruchtbaarheid in Nederland. In: Elles Bulder, Marijn Molema, & Vincent Tassenaar (red.),Spitten in de economische, sociale en regionale geschiedenis. Essays opgedragen aan prof. dr. Maarten Duijvendak bij zijn emeritaat, 93-106. Hilversum: Verloren. ISBN: 9789087049737
Madjdian, D.S., K. Cunningham, H. Bras, M. Koelen, L. Vaandrager, R. P. Adhikari, & E.F. Talsma (2021), Unravelling adolescent girls’ aspirations in Nepal: status and associations with individual-, household-, and community-level characteristics,PLoS ONE16(11): e0258416.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258416
Azupogo, F., Abizari, A., Aurino, E., Gelli, A., Osendarp, S.J.M., Bras, H., Feskens, E.J., Brouwer, I.D. (Early Online),Trends and Factors Associated with the Nutritional Status of Adolescent Girls in Ghana: A Secondary Analysis of the 2003-2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) Data,Public Health Nutrition.https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980021003827
Sparrow, R., R. Agustina, H. Bras, G. Sheila, M. Rieger, A. Yumna, E. Feskens, A. Melse-Boonstra (2021). Adolescent Nutrition – Developing a Research Agenda for the Second Window of Opportunity in Indonesia,Food and Nutrition Bulletin42: S9-S20.https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572120983668
Van Tuijl, C., D. Madjdian, H. Bras, & B. Chalise (2021), Sociocultural and economic determinants of stunting and thinness among adolescent boys and girls in Nepal,Journal of Biosocial Science,4: 531 – 556.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932020000358
Kunto, Y. & H. Bras (2021). Sibling inequalities and the role of the mother’s education in childhood overweight: Evidence from the Indonesian Family Survey,Food and Nutrition Bulletin42:S21-S38.https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0379572120976250
Bras, H. (2021). Heterogeneity in ‘High Fertility’ Societies: Insights from Compositional Demography,Historical Life Course Studies10:106-111.https://doi.org/10.51964/hlcs9577
Wennemers, S. & H. Bras (2021). Surviving in Overijssel. An Analysis of Life Expectancy, 1812-1912,Historical Life Course Studies10:156-161.https://doi.org/10.51964/hlcs9586
Kok, J., H. Bras, & R.L. Zijdeman (2021). Not Like Everybody Else. Essays in Honor of Kees Mandemakers,Historical Life Course Studies10:106-111.https://doi.org/10.51964/hlcs9556
2020
Azupogo, F., Abizari, A., Aurino, E., Gelli, A., Osendarp, S.J.M., Bras, H., Feskens, E.J., Brouwer, I.D. (2020), Malnutrition , Hypertension Risk and Correlates: An Analysis of the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey Data for 15-19 Years Adolescent Boys and Girls,Nutrients12, 2737; doi:10.3390/nu12092737.
Dede, K. & H. Bras. 2020. Exclusive breastfeeding patterns in Tanzania: Do individual, household, or community factors matter?International Breastfeeding Journal15, 32. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-020-00279-8
2019
Bras, H. & M. Sanchez-Dominguez. 2019.The Ties that Bind. Marriage and Social Networks in the Modern Age (1920-present). In C. Simmons (Ed.),A Cultural History of Marriage. Volume 6: The Modern Age (1920-2000+).(pp. 71-84). London: Bloomsbury Press.
Rotering, P. & H. Bras. 2019. The age difference between spouses and reproduction in 19th century Sweden,Demographic Research41 (article 37):1059-1090.
Bras, H. & R. Schumacher. 2019. Changing gender relations, declining fertility? An analysis of childbearing trajectories in 19th-century Netherlands,Demographic Research41 (article 30):873-912.
Kunto, Y. & H. Bras. 2019. Ethnic group differences in dietary diversity among primary school-aged children in Indonesia: The roles of gender and household SES,Food and Nutrition Bulletin40(2):182-201.
2018
Bras, H. & B. Suanet. 2018. Family Systems and spousal age differences in nineteenth and early twentieth century Netherlands, In: P. Puschmann & T. Riswick (Eds.) (2018). Building Bridges: Scholars, History and Historical Demography. A Festschrift in Honor of Professor Theo Engelen. (pp. 421-446). Nijmegen: Valkhof Pers.
Madjdian, D.S., F. Azupogo, S.J.M. Osendarp, H. Bras, & I. Brouwer. 2018. Socio-cultural and economic determinants and consequences of adolescent undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in LLMICs: A systematic narrative review, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1416:117-139.
Kunto, Y. & H. Bras. 2018. Women’s empowerment and gender inequalities in adolescent nutritional status: Evidence from the Indonesian Family Life Study, Journal of Biosocial Science, 50(5):640-665.
Mönkediek, B. & H. Bras. 2018. Family systems and fertility intentions: exploring the pathways of influence. European Journal of Population. 34(1):33-57.
2017
Mönkediek, B., Rotering, P.P, & H. Bras. 2017. Regional Differences in the Intergenerational Transmission of Family Size in Europe,Population, Space and Place23: e2003.
2016
Kok, J., Bras, H. and Rotering, P. 2016. Courtship and bridal pregnancy in The Netherlands, 1870-1950,Annales de Demographique Historique,2, 165-191.
Bras, H. & J. Kok. 2016. Diverging pathways? Sibling differences in marriage timing in a commercialized rural region of the Netherlands, 1860-1940, pp. 189-206 in: F. Boudjaaba, C. Mouysset, & C. Doucet-Seidden (eds.).Brothers and Sisters from the Middle Ages to the Present. Frères et sœurs du Moyen Âge à nos jours. Bern: Peter Lang.
Madjdian, D.S. & Bras, H. 2016. Family, Gender, and Women’s Nutritional Status: A Comparison Between Two Himalayan Communities in Nepal,Economic History of Developing Regions, 31:1, 198-223.
Mönkediek, B. & Bras, H. 2016. The Interplay of Family Systems, Social Networks and Fertility in Europe; Cohorts Born Between 1920 and 1960,Economic History of Developing Regions31:1, 136-166.
2015
Bras, H. 2015.Inequalities in Food Security and Nutrition. A Life Course Perspective. Wageningen: Wageningen University.
Mönkediek, B., Rotering, P.P, & H. Bras. 2015. Regional Differences in the Intergenerational Transmission of Family Size in Europe,Population, Space and Place. Online First.
Rotering, P.P. & H. Bras. 2015. With the help of kin? Household composition and reproduction in the Netherlands, 1842 – 1920,Human Nature26:102-121.
2014
Bras, H. 2014. Structural and diffusion effects in the Dutch fertility transition, 1870-1940,Demographic Research30:151-186.
Mönkediek, B. & H. Bras. 2014. Strong and weak family ties revisited: reconsidering European family structures from a network perspective,The History of the Family. An International Quarterly19(2): 235-259.
Boonstra, O., Bras, H., Derks, M. 2014. Historical Research on Cultural Life Scripts. An Exploration of Opportunities and Future Prospects,Historical Social Research39(1): 7-18.
Bras, H. 2014. The Influence of Popular Beliefs about Childbirth on Fertility Patterns in Mid-Twentieth-Century Netherlands,Historical Social Research39(1):76-103.
Suanet, B. & H. Bras. 2014. Sibling Position and Marriage Timing in the Netherlands, 1840-1922: A Comparison across Social Classes, Local Contexts, and Time,Journal of Family History39(2), 126-139.
2013
Matthijs, K, P. Puschmann, H. Bras & A. Janssens (eds). 2013,Gender in/en demografie. Jaarboek demografie.Acco: Leuven.
Bras, H. & J. Van Bavel (guest editors) 2013. The intergenerational transmission of reproductive behavior: Comparative perspectives. Special Issue ofThe History of the Family. An International Quarterly18(2).
Bras, H., J. Van Bavel, & K. Mandemakers. 2013. Unravelling the intergenerational transmission of fertility: Genetic and shared-environment effects during the demographic transition in the Netherlands, 1810-1910. The History of the Family. An International Quarterly 18(2):116-134.
2012
Matthijs, K., J. Kok & H. Bras. 2012.Leren van historische levenslopen. Historisch-demografisch onderzoek in Vlaanderen en Nederland. Acco: Leuven.
Suanet, B. & H. Bras. 2012. De plek in de kinderrij. Geboortepositie en huwelijkstiming in vijf Nederlandse provincies, 1840-1922′, pp. 181-198 in: K. Matthijs, J. Kok & H. Bras.Leren van historische levenslopen. Historisch-demografisch onderzoek in Vlaanderen en Nederland. Acco: Leuven.
2011
Bras, H. 2011. Intensification of family relations? Changes in the choice of marriage witnesses in the Netherlands, 1830-1950,Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis 8(4):102-135.
Bras, H. 2011. Book review of Jan Kok and Jan Van Bavel (eds.), De levenskracht der bevolking. Sociale en demografische kwesties in de Lage Landen tijdens het interbellum. Leuven: Leuven University Press,BMGN-LCHR126(2), 150-151.
2010
Bras, H., A.C. Liefbroer, & C.A. Elzinga. 2010. Standardization of pathways to adulthood? An analysis of Dutch cohorts born between 1850 and 1900,Demography47(4): 1013-1034.
Matthijs, K., B. Van De Putte, J. Kok, & H. Bras. 2010.Leven in de Lage Landen. Historisch-demografisch onderzoek in Vlaanderen en Nederland. Acco: Leuven.
Suanet, B. & H. Bras. 2010. De rol van de huwelijksplaats. Gemeentelijke context en huwelijkstiming in negentiende en begin twintigste-eeuws Nederland, in: K. Matthijs, B. Van De Putte, J. Kok en H. Bras,Leven in de Lage Landen. Historisch-demografisch onderzoek in Vlaanderen en Nederland. Acco: Leuven.
Suanet, B. & H. Bras. 2010. The Role of the Wedding Place. Community Context and Marital Timing in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Netherlands,The History of the Family. An International Quarterly15(3):316-332.
Bras, H., J. Kok, & K. Mandemakers. 2010. Sibship Size and Status Attainment Across Contexts: Evidence from the Netherlands, 1840-1925,Demographic Research23-4, 73-104.
2009
Mandemakers, K., J. Kok & H. Bras. 2009 (eds.). De Historische Steekproef Nederland (HSN). Van geboortebank tot collaboratory. ThemanummerTijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis6(4).
Kok, J., K. Mandemakers, and H. Bras. 2009. Van geboortebank tot collaboratory. Een reflectie op twintig jaar dataverzameling en onderzoek met de HSN,Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis6(4), 3-36.
Kok, J. & H. Bras. 2009. Uitzwermen of samenklitten? De ruimtelijke spreiding van broers en zussen over stad en land van Noord-Holland, 1850-1940,Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis6(4), 115-138.
Bras, H. 2009. Book review of Betsy Biemond-Boer. 2008. Die Hollanders zijn gek! Identiteit en integratie van bevindelijk gereformeerden in Canada. Amsterdam: Aksant,Migrantenstudies.
2008
Bras, H., A.C. Liefbroer & C. H. Elzinga. 2008. Standaardisering van leefvormen? Trajecten naar volwassenheid van Nederlanders, 1850-1940 in: I. Maas, M.H.D. van Leeuwen and K. Mandemakers (eds),Honderdvijftig jaar levenslopen. De Historische Steekproef Nederlandse bevolking. Boekaflevering Mens en Maatschappij. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Kok, J. & H. Bras. 2008. Clustering and dispersal of siblings in the North-Holland countryside, 1860-1940,Historical Social Research33(3), 278-300.
2007
Bras, H. & Th. van Tilburg. 2007. Kinship and Social Networks: A Regional Analysis of Sibling Relations in Twentieth-Century Netherlands,Journal of Family History32(3), 296-322.
Bras, H. & M. Neven. 2007. The Effects of Siblings on the Migration of Women in Two Rural Areas of Belgium and The Netherlands, 1829-1940,Population Studies, 61(1), 53-71.
Bras, H. & M. Neven. 2007. Mariage et décohabitation dans deux sociétés rurales (XIXe-XXe siècles). Frères et sœurs : rivaux ou solidaires?, pp. 181-218, in : M. Oris, G. Brunet, E. Widmer en A. Bideau (eds),Les Fratries. Une démographie sociale de la germanité.Bern: Peter Lang.
2006
Bras, H. 2006. Migratie en huwelijkssluiting van Zeeuwse vrouwen, 1850-1940. Broers en zusters: helpers of rivalen?,Zeeland15(1), 18-32.
Bras, H. & J. Kok. 2006. They live in indifference together’. Marriage mobility in Zeeland (The Netherlands), 1796-1922, pp. 247-274, in: Marco H.D. van Leeuwen, Ineke Maas en Andrew Miles,Marriage Choices and Class Boundaries: Social Endogamy in History.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Bras, H. 2006. Book review of Zwemer, J. (ed.) 2005. Zeeland 1950-1965. Vlissingen: Den Boer/De Ruiter,Mens & Maatschappij81(1).
2005
Bras, H. & J. Kok. 2005. ‘They live in indifference together’. Marriage mobility in Zeeland (The Netherlands), 1796-1922,International Review of Social History50, 247-274.
2004
Bras, H. 2004. Social change, the institution of service and youth: The case of service in the lives of rural-born Dutch women, 1840-1940,Continuity and Change19 (2), 241-264.
2003
Bras, H. 2003. Maids to the City: Migration Patterns of Female Domestic Servants from the Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands (1850-1950),The History of the Family. An International Quarterly8(2), 217-246.
Bras, H. & J. Kok. 2003. “Naturally, Every Child Was Supposed to Work”: Determinants of the Leaving Home Process in The Netherlands, 1850-1940, pp. 403-450, in: F. van Poppel, M. Oris en J. Lee (eds),The Road to Independence. Leaving home in Eastern and Western Societies, 16th-20th centuries. Bern: Peter Lang.
2002
Bras, H. 2002.Zeeuwse meiden. Dienen in de levensloop van vrouwen, ca. 1850-1950.IISG: Studies + Essays 34. Amsterdam: Aksant Academic Publishers.
1998
Bras, H. 1998. Domestic Service, Migration and the Social Status of Women at Marriage. The Case of a Dutch Sea Province, Zeeland 1820-1935,Historical Social Research,23, 3-19.
Bras, H. 1998. “Wat of een dienstmeid een zwerveling is”: geografische en sociale mobiliteit van dienstboden in Zeeland in: K. Mandemakers, O. Hoogerhuis en A. de Klerk, Over Zeeuwse Mensen. Demografische en sociale ontwikkelingen in Zeeland in de negentiende en twintigste eeuw. Themanummer tijdschriftZeeland7(3), 91-103.
1996
Bras, H. 1996, ‘Boven en beneden’,Roodkoper. Maandblad voor cultuur, religie en politiek, 1 (2), p. 6. Book review of Diane de Keyzer. 1995. “Madame est servie”. Leven in dienst van adel en burgerij 1900-1995.
Beunder, S., H. Bras & P. van Dijk. 1996.Basismetaalindustrie.Projectbureau Industrieel Erfgoed Rapportenreeks 33.
1994
Bras, H. 1994. “Vriendschapsplanten moeten met malkanderen opgroeien…”: Negentiende-eeuwse Groningse pioniers en hun etniciteit in Noord-Amerika’, pp. 167-178 in: Hans Bak (ed.),The Pursuit of Happiness en de Paradox van de vrijheid. Nijmegen.
1993
Bras, H. 1993. Levensgeschiedenissen in den vreemde: Beukma, Borgman en Van Peyma, pp. 78-80 in: Annemieke Galema, Wolfgang Grams en Antonius Holtmann (eds.),Van de Ene en de Andere kant: Noordnederlandse en Noordwestduitse migratie naar de Verenigde Staten in de negentiende eeuw.Groningen: UB Groningen.