A Peculiar People Revisited: Demographic Foundations of the Iowa Amish in the 21st Century
This article describes the demographic foundations of the Amish in Iowa. We note that since the publication of “A Peculiar People” by Elmer and Dorothy Schwieder in 1975, the demographic dynamics of the Amish have changed little. They remain a high fertility group; and when coupled with increases in...
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| Format: | Article |
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University of Akron
2013-06-01
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| Series: | The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/amishstudies/vol1/iss1/5 |