TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mishtal, Joanna Z.
T1  - Understanding low fertility in Poland: Demographic consequences of gendered discrimination in employment and post-socialist neoliberal restructuring
Y1  - 2009/10/27
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 599
EP  - 626
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2009.21.20
VL  - 21
IS  - 20
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol21/20/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol21/20/21-20.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol21/20/21-20.pdf
N2  - After the state socialist regime of Poland collapsed in 1989, the nation’s total fertility rate plummeted from 2.1 to 1.27 by 2007. Simultaneously, Poland severely reduced social service provisions and restricted access to family planning. A three-month mixed-methods research study was conducted in 2007 in Gdańsk to investigate Polish women’s reproductive intentions and decision making. These data reveal that discriminatory practices by employers against pregnant women and women with small children are decisive in women’s decisions to postpone or forego childbearing. The case of Poland demonstrates the urgent need to redress fundamental gendered discrimination in employment before work-family reconciliation policies can be effective.

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