title: Military service and migration in nineteenth-century France: some evidence from Loir-et-Cher.
abstract: "Military service in France during the nineteenth century removed many young men from their own localities for long periods. The widely accepted claim that few conscripts returned home after completing their period of service is based on little evidence. The paper examines the conscription classes of 1856 and 1891 in two cantons in the departement of Loir-et-Cher. In those cases, there was not a significant relationship between conscription and migration, nor between literacy and migration. Instead, migration of youths in their twenties was linked partly to prior experiences of migration but principally to their occupations."
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001695:Biology; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D005602:France; D006076:Government; D006280:Health Workforce; D008889:Military Personnel; D009790:Occupations; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012942:Social Sciences; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014857:Warfare
keywords: Age Factors; Biology; Demographic Factors; Demography; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Europe; France; Government; Historical Demography; Human Resources; Literacy; Mediterranean Countries; Migration; Migration, Internal--men; Military Personnel; Occupations; Political Factors; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Risk Factors; Social Sciences; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; War; Western Europe; Youth