Family building and household structure in nineteenth-century proto-industrial
iron foundries in northern Sweden are examined by comparing the lives of 500 persons born at
iron foundries with 600 persons born in an agrarian area. The organization and demands of work,
dependence on the business cycle, and paternalism are important factors in explaining the social
and demographic patterns at the foundries.
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