Table 1. Descriptive statistics of life-history traits of samples by sex.

	Obs.	Age at death		N of children		Age at last birth		MBI (for people with more than 2 children)
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Women	81,927	66.45	17.12	3.75	3.22	33.29	7.21	3.22	2.36
1601–1625	888	61.15	16.36	2.63	3.01	31.28	8.25	3.55	3.02
1626–1650	1,506	61.37	16.12	2.61	3.02	31.50	7.93	3.69	3.13
1651–1675	1,858	61.45	16.38	2.70	2.91	32.31	7.62	3.50	2.77
1676–1700	2,940	63.45	15.69	3.05	3.12	33.38	7.47	3.59	3.06
1701–1725	4,396	63.28	15.80	3.13	3.18	33.48	7.34	3.61	2.86
1726–1750	5,915	64.19	15.78	3.18	3.16	33.49	7.24	3.60	2.71
1751–1775	7,807	63.76	15.87	3.29	3.12	33.74	7.14	3.65	2.65
1776–1800	9,410	63.63	16.66	3.63	3.21	33.79	7.26	3.60	2.44
1801–1825	11,115	64.64	17.27	3.96	3.31	34.45	7.21	3.48	2.39
1826–1850	12,135	66.53	17.54	4.37	3.46	34.74	7.04	3.31	2.20
1851–1875	11,270	68.59	17.18	4.30	3.29	33.51	6.95	3.11	2.00
1876–1900	9,490	73.24	16.62	3.88	2.84	30.84	6.36	2.62	1.97
1901–1910	3,197	77.59	15.32	3.79	2.49	28.89	5.98	1.78	1.66
Men	103,642	66.73	14.88	3.83	3.39	37.83	8.91	3.27	2.64
1601–1625	1,896	64.12	13.95	2.60	3.09	37.47	10.25	3.78	3.54
1626–1650	2,685	63.46	14.79	2.78	3.31	37.53	9.81	3.44	3.18
1651–1675	3,090	63.14	15.06	2.81	3.15	37.60	9.50	3.65	3.06
1676–1700	4,324	63.55	14.12	3.09	3.33	37.68	9.64	3.86	3.66
1701–1725	6,697	64.73	14.38	3.20	3.38	37.91	9.35	3.79	3.30
1726–1750	8,505	65.26	14.03	3.31	3.35	38.55	9.54	3.90	3.33
1751–1775	10,402	64.75	14.13	3.42	3.33	38.51	9.20	3.73	2.94
1776–1800	11,556	64.90	14.81	3.87	3.47	38.15	9.06	3.60	2.72
1801–1825	13,942	66.28	15.13	4.24	3.55	39.31	9.02	3.50	2.62
1826–1850	14,120	67.77	14.97	4.62	3.63	39.38	8.61	3.32	2.34
1851–1875	12,930	69.17	14.77	4.36	3.34	37.55	7.80	3.10	2.08
1876–1900	10,206	71.27	14.88	3.90	2.80	34.26	7.06	2.44	1.92
1901–1910	3,289	72.84	14.17	3.81	2.29	32.72	6.59	1.66	1.55