Traces of the Second Demographic Transition in four selected countries in Central and Eastern Europe: union formation as a demographic manifestation

Jan M. Hoem, Aiva Jasilioniene, Dora Kostova and Cornelia Mureşan
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Jan M. Hoem: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Aiva Jasilioniene: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Dora Kostova: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Cornelia Mureşan: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

No WP-2007-026, MPIDR Working Papers from Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

Abstract: Using data from the first round of the national Gender and Generations Surveys of Russia, Romania, and Bulgaria, and from a similar survey for Hungary, we study rates of entry into marital and non-marital unions and display manifestations of the Second Demographic Transition in these data. The transition did not start simultaneously in all countries, and above all it began well before the fall of communism and before the societal transition to a market economy got underway around 1990. Bulgaria is a special case whose trends need more attention than those of the other countries.

Keywords: Bulgaria; Hungary; Romania; Russian Federation; cohabitation; demographic transition; first marriage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2007-026

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