Family Formation in the Baltic Countries: A Transformation in the Legacy of state socialism

Autor:	Kalev Katus, Luule Sakkeus, Allan Puur
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Cultural Studies media_common.quotation_subject Context (language use) State socialism Cohabitation Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) State (polity) Economy Microdata (HTML) Political science Development economics European integration Position (finance) media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Baltic Studies. 39:123-156
ISSN:	1751-7877 0162-9778
Popis:	This article examines the transformation of nuptiality patterns in the Baltic countries since the late 1960s, in the context of long-term trends. The aim of the study is to compare the entry into first conjugal union in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and analyze the position of the Baltic countries in a broader European perspective. The analyses employ microdata from national surveys conducted in the framework of the European Family and Fertility Surveys program. Our main results on the timing and mode of union formation show that in Estonia and Latvia the shift from direct marriage to cohabitation started well before the fall of the state socialist regime, and followed a trajectory close to Scandinavian countries. In Lithuania, on the other hand, the change in the pattern of union formation has been much slower. The article discusses the factors underlying the observed similarities and dissimilarities in union formation.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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