First Birth in Russia: Everyone does It - Young
Until the early 1990s, the common characteristics of Russian fertility were early and almost universal marriage and childbearing. In this article I examine the impact of cohort on ? rst birth. I follow Russian women (based on self-reported ethnicity) born between 1930 and 1986 by applying event h...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Population Research Institute of Väestöliitto
2008-01-01
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| Series: | Finnish Yearbook of Population Research |
| Online Access: | https://journal.fi/fypr/article/view/45034 |
| Summary: | Until the early 1990s, the common characteristics of Russian fertility were early and
almost universal marriage and childbearing. In this article I examine the impact of
cohort on ? rst birth. I follow Russian women (based on self-reported ethnicity) born
between 1930 and 1986 by applying event history techniques to the Russian Generation
and Gender Survey (GSS). The results show that ? rst birth took place earlier in womens
lives cohorts born from the 1930s to the 1960s cohort. Among younger women, the trend
is opposite, but it is too early to speak of a strong postponement effect. Differences in
? rst-birth risk between cohorts are due to differences in marriage and cohabitation
patterns.
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| ISSN: | 1796-6183 1796-6191 |