In the process of fertility decline, the role and participation of men have hardly been considered in the demographic literature. It has grown only as fertility was dropping dramatically in most Western countries, but very little has been done to analyze such an issue in historical populations. Based on individual-level data, the present paper aims at investigating, by means of hazard models, the role of males in the reproductive pattern of the pre-transitional population of Alghero, Sardinia (1866-1935). The results show a slower decrease of male fertility (-23% at 40-49 years; around -50% at 50+) compared to female fertility (about -40% already at 35-49 years), with significant differentials by socioeconomic status (SES). Wealthier men present, in fact, lower fertility than poorest ones, with a gap that, however, reduces with age and even reverses at 50+ years. The reason for such a change is likely to be partly associated with the better health conditions of the wealthy group, developed especially in adulthood, given the absence of a significant relationship between height and fertility SES differentials.

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生物学与社会经济背景之间的男性生育力来自过去的新闻（Alghero，1866-1935）。

在生育力下降的过程中，人口文学几乎没有考虑男人的作用和参与。它只是在大多数西方国家的生育率急剧下降时才有所增长，但在分析历史人口中的这一问题方面做得很少。本文基于个体水平的数据，旨在通过危害模型调查男性在撒丁岛阿尔盖罗（1866-1935）过渡前人口的繁殖方式中的作用。结果显示，与女性的生育率（35-49岁时已达到约-40％）相比，男性的生育率下降较慢（在40-49岁时为-23％；在50+岁时约为-50％），但社会经济状况存在显着差异（SES）。实际上，富裕男性的生育力要比最贫困男性低，但差距仍然很大。会随着年龄的增长而降低，甚至在50岁以上时会下降。鉴于身高与生育能力SES差异之间没有显着关系，这种变化的原因可能部分与富裕人群的健康状况有关，尤其是在成年期。