Volume 17 - Article 10 | Pages 247–300
First union formation in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: patterns across countries and gender
| Date received: | 03 Apr 2007 |
| Date published: | 16 Nov 2007 |
| Word count: | 16300 |
| Keywords: | Baltic countries, gender system, union formation |
| DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2007.17.10 |
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 - Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
Asta Põldma - Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
Luule Sakkeus - Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia
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