Volume 22 - Article 7 | Pages 159–188
Marriage, childbearing, and migration in Kyrgyzstan: Exploring interdependencies
By Lesia Nedoluzhko, Victor Agadjanian
Abstract
In our study we investigate interdependencies between entry into a marital union, childbearing, and migration. We apply event-history techniques to retrospective data on women aged 18-29 from a survey conducted in northern Kyrgyzstan in 2005 to examine how these events can influence one another, with a special focus on the effects of duration of exposure. In addition we analyze the impact of some individual characteristics on the propensity to get married, to become a mother, and to migrate. In our analysis we account for several duration dependences (‘clocks’). The results illustrate that months since marriage formation is the most important duration variable in the first-birth propensities model. Out-of-wedlock conception is associated with increased marriage risks. Migration is often a part of the family building process: high first-birth propensities of recent migrants as well as high migration risks among pregnant women are due to marriage-related migration.
Author's Affiliation
- Lesia Nedoluzhko - Independent researcher, International EMAIL
- Victor Agadjanian - University of California, Los Angeles, United States of America EMAIL
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