TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kotowska, Irena
A1  - Matysiak, Anna
A1  - Jóźwiak, Janina
A1  - Baranowska-Rataj, Anna
T1  - Poland: Fertility decline as a response to profound societal and labour market changes?
Y1  - 2008/07/01
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 795
EP  - 854
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.22
VL  - S7
IS  - 22
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/special/7/22/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/special/7/22/s7-22.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/special/7/22/s7-22.pdf
N2  - This article opens with a review of the main trends in family-related behaviour, i.e. fertility decline and changes in fertility patterns, a decreasing propensity to marry, postponement of marriage, and a slowly increasing frequency of divorces and separations. The analysis takes into account urban and rural differences. We then aim to identify the main determinants of family changes within the general conceptual framework of the Second Democratic Transition (SDT) in Poland. However, contrary to mainstream interpretations of the SDT, the main emphasis of this study is on the structural components of change, which need to be reformulated to account for processes specific to the transition to a market economy. The focus is, therefore, on labour market developments and family policy, and to a lesser extent on ideational change.

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