Nonmarital Childbearing in Russia: Second Demographic Transition or Pattern of Disadvantage?
Using retrospective union, birth, and education histories that span 1980-2003, this study investigates nonmarital childbearing in contemporary Russia. We employ a combination of methods to decompose fertility rates by union status and analyze the processes that lead to a nonmarital birth. We find th...
| Publicado en: | Demography Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 317 - 343 |
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Springer Science & Business Media B.V.
February 2011
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