Marriage and Fertility in Russia of Women Born between 1900 and 1960: A Cohort Analysis

Authors: Scherbov S.¹; van Vianen H.²

Source: European Journal of Population/ Revue europenne de Dmographie, Volume 17, Number 3, 2001 , pp. 281-294(14)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

In this paper we present a demographic analysis of the marital and fertility careers of Russian women, born between 1900 and 1960 and based on individual retrospective life histories, collected in the most recent (five percent) microcensus of the Russian Federation from 1994. It extends an earlier analysis of women born between 1910 and 1935. Although political events often had profound effects on the marital life course, none of the observed crises in Russia has succeeded in exerting a decisive influence on the fertility transition. The fertility decline started late, but taking into account infant and child mortality that continued to be very high until the fifties, all generations born since 1920 had a completed fertility near or below replacement level.

Keywords: cohort analysis; demographic crisis; fertility; historical demography; marriage; Russia

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Population Research Centre, PO Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, the Netherlands (E-mail: s.scherbov@frw.rug.nl) 2: Population Research Centre, PO Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, the Netherlands

Publication date: 2001-01-01