Through Civil War, Food Crisis and Drought: Trends in Fertility and Nuptiality in Post-Soviet Tajikistan

Au Travers de la Guerre Civile, de la Crise Alimentaire et de la Sécheresse: les Évolutions de la Fécondité et de la Nuptialité en Tadjikistan Post-Soviétique

David Clifford (), Jane Falkingham and Andrew Hinde
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David Clifford: University of Southampton
Jane Falkingham: University of Southampton
Andrew Hinde: University of Southampton

European Journal of Population, 2010, vol. 26, issue 3, No 4, 325-350

Abstract: Abstract This article has two objectives. First, it aims to complement and extend existing research on post-socialist demographic change, which has thus far tended to focus on Central and Eastern Europe. It does this by describing the nature of post-Soviet trends in nuptiality and fertility in Tajikistan, the republic with the highest rate of population growth during the Soviet period. It finds evidence for a decrease in period fertility after independence: initially, through a decline at higher orders; then, through a significant decrease in the rate of first births, associated with a dramatic decrease in the rate of first union formation since the mid-1990s. Second, it aims to contribute to the demography of conflict and of food crisis. Most clearly, it finds strong evidence for a decrease in nuptiality and fertility associated with the 1995 food crisis.

Keywords: Post-Soviet; Central Asia; Tajikistan; Fertility; Union formation; Civil war; Food crisis; Post-soviétique; Asie Centrale; Tadjikistan; Fécondité; Formation des unions; Guerre civile; Crise alimentaire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/s10680-010-9206-x

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