Birth Control In Russia: Overcoming The State System Resistance

Victoria Sakevich and Boris Denisov

HSE Working papers from National Research University Higher School of Economics

Abstract: This paper considers the changes in the major proximate determinants of fertility in Russia within the framework of demographic transition theory and Bongaarts approach to fertility analysis. After World War II Russian fertility became a fully controlled process. The complex interplay of abortion and contraception during the Soviet period resulted in a very high abortion level. The Russian government has almost never supported and promoted family planning as an alternative to abortion. However couples' preferences for few offspring appeared more powerful than the will of authorities. Current trends show that despite the lack of governmental support society itself is evolving towards more humanistic and effective birth control. Estimates based on recent surveys' data confirm the validity of official statistics showing there is a decline in the number of abortions

Keywords: birth control; abortion; contraception; reproductive health; RLMS-HSE; Russia. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2014
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Published in WP BRP Series: Sociology / SOC, June 2014, pages 1-25

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