This paper deals with spatial aspects of trends in life expectancy at birth in the French metropolitan départements over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Data from the censuses conducted from 1833 to 1982 were used to calculate the life expectancy at birth for both sexes togheter, $$e_0$$e0. The overall fertility index ($$I_f$$If), marital fertility index ($$I_g$$Ig) and nuptiality index ($$I_m$$Im) were also calculated for each 5-year period within the same time span. The analysis has two facets: a first, descriptive part in which we establish clusters of départements with similar or different patterns of evolution over the period above mentioned; and a second part in which the effect of covariables in changes in $$e_0$$e0 are examined. In addition their coefficients were interpreted including the direct and spatial spillover effects. Unlike earlier studies, in which a spatio-temporal analysis was performed, the time function showing changes in $$e_0$$e0 is reduced to a single value which measures the distance or affinity between the functions of time in each département, which enables us to carry out an exploratory spatial data analysis and apply spatial econometric models.

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1833–1982年法国省出生时预期寿命的演变

本文讨论了19世纪和20世纪法国大都市区出生时预期寿命趋势的空间方面。从1833年至1982年进行的人口普查数据用于计算男女双方的出生时预期寿命，$ e_0 $$ e0。还计算了同一时间段内每个5年期间的总体生育指数（$$ I_f $$ If），婚姻生育指数（$$ I_g $$ Ig）和婚姻指数（$$ I_m $$ Im）。分析有两个方面：第一，描述性部分，我们建立上述期间内具有相似或不同演化模式的部门集群；第二部分研究协变量对$$ e_0 $$ e0变化的影响。另外，他们的系数被解释为包括直接和空间溢出效应。