Poland: Fertility decline as a response to profound societal and labour market changes?
By I. Kotowska, J. Jóźwiak, A. Matysiak, A. Baranowska-Rataj. 2008
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This article opens with a review of the main trends in family-related behaviour, i.e. fertility decline and changes in fertility patterns, a decreasing propensity to marry, postponement of marriage, and a slowly increasing frequency of divorces and separations. The analysis takes into account urban and rural differences. We then aim to identify the main determinants of family changes within the general conceptual framework of the Second Democratic Transition (SDT) in Poland. However, contrary to mainstream interpretations of the SDT, the main emphasis of this study is on the structural components of change, which need to be reformulated to account for processes specific to the transition to a market economy. The focus is, therefore, on labour market developments and family policy, and to a lesser extent on ideational change.
Subfields: Demography, Gender Studies, General Health Professions
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- Deadline for Parenthood: Fertility Postponement and Age Norms in Poland (2010, background): “…of marriage and of childbearing change simultaneously and a very similar set of factors influence the decision to marry and have children (Frątczak 1999; Kotowska et al. 2008). eastern and western Germany suggest that such a mechanism is indeed plausible (Bernardi et al. 2006; Kreyenfeld 2005).”
- Overview Chapter 6: The diverse faces of the second demographic transition in Europe. (2008, background): “The Poland chapter raises the question of whether the transition can explain family-related developments in Poland when " ideational change has not advanced until recently compared with its progress in other European countries " (Kotowska et al. 2008:845).”