Kalev Katus
Allan Puur
Asta Põldma
Luule Sakkeus

http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol17/10/

doi:10.4054/DemRes.2007.17.10

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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.

Author's affiliation
Kalev Katus
Estonian Interuniversity Population Research Centre, Estonia
Allan Puur
Estonian Interuniversity Population Research Centre, Estonia
Asta Põldma
Estonian Interuniversity Population Research Centre, Estonia
Luule Sakkeus
Estonian Interuniversity Population Research Centre, Estonia

Keywords
Baltic countries, gender system, union formation

Word count (Main text)
16300

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