Journal Article

Traces of the Second Demographic Transition in Four Selected Countries in Central and Eastern Europe: Union Formation as a Demographic Manifestation

Kostova, Dora, Mureşan, Cornelia, Hoem, Jan M., Jasilioniene, Aiva

2009

Overview

Using data from the first round of the national Gender and Generations Surveys of Russia, Romania, and Bulgaria, and from a similar survey of Hungary, which were all collected in recent years, we study rates of entry into marital and non-marital unions. We have used elements from the narrative of the Second Demographic Transition (SDT) as a vehicle to give our analysis of the data from the four countries some coherence, and find what can be traces of the SDT in these countries. The details vary by country; in particular, latter-day developments in union formation patterns did not start at the same time in all the countries, but in our assessment it began everywhere before communism fell, that is, before the societal transition to a market economy got underway in 1990. /// A partir des données de la première vague d'enquêtes du projet Générations et Genre en Russie, en Roumanie et en Bulgarie, et à partir d'une enquête comparable en Hongrie, toutes conduites récemment, cette étude s'intéresse aux taux d'entrée en union conjugale et non-conjugale. Nous avons utilisé des éléments du cadre descriptif de la seconde transition démographique comme grille d'analyse pour donner une cohérence aux données des quatre pays, et pour y explorer les traces de ce modèle de transition. Chaque pays a un contexte à part; en particulier, les évolutions récentes dans les modalités de formation des unions ont des calendriers variables, mais d'après notre étude le processus a commencé partout avant la chute du communisme, et done avant la transition à l'économie de marché dans les années 90.

• Publisher: Springer,Springer Netherlands,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Age / Age groups / Bulgaria / Central and Eastern Europe / Cohabitation / Coherence / Communism / Consensual union / Cross-national analysis / demografi / Demographic change / Demographic transition / Demographic transition theory / Demographic transitions / Demographics / Demography / Eastern Europe / Economic trends / Educational attainment / Fertility / First union / Human Geography / Hungary / International / Joint analysis of competing risks / Market economies / Marriage / Methodology of the Social Sciences / Polls & surveys / Population Economics / Post-communist societies / Postcommunist Societies / Public Finance / Romania / Russia / Russian Federation / Second Demographic Transition / Social change / Social Sciences / Social studies / Sociology / Standardization / Studies / Surveys / Trends / Unionization / Unions / Women