First union formation in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: patterns across countries and gender

Kalev Katus, Allan Puur, Asta Põldma and Luule Sakkeus
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Kalev Katus: Estonian Interuniversity Population Research Centre
Allan Puur: Tallinna Ülikool
Asta Põldma: Tallinna Ülikool
Luule Sakkeus: Tallinna Ülikool

Demographic Research, 2007, vol. 17, issue 10, 247-300

Abstract: This article examines the transformation of first union formation in the Baltic countries between the late 1960s and early 1990s, in the context of societal and family-level gender relations. The analyses employ microdata from the European Family and Fertility Surveys program. Our results on the trends indicate that in Estonia and Latvia the shift from direct marriage to cohabitation started well before the fall of socialist regime. Event-history models provide support for a hypothesised association between union formation and gender system, with Lithuania showing more traditional features in both respect, plausibly embedded in long-standing cultural differences between the countries.

Keywords: union formation; gender system; Baltic countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2007.17.10

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