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Ukraine: On the border between old and new in uncertain times

Ukraine: On the border between old and new in uncertain times
Ukraine: On the border between old and new in uncertain times
Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of the demographic situation in Ukraine, including explanations for the decline to very low fertility and changes in family policy. Drawing on official statistics, survey data, and focus group interviews, the analysis shows that the country’s decline to lowest-low fertility is primarily due to the postponement of or the reduction in second births, as opposed to the postponement of first births. The chapter includes a discussion on the link between low fertility and changing marriage patterns, contraceptive prevalence, and abortion. The author then reviews the evidence for the leading explanations of fertility decline in Ukraine, including economic uncertainty, social anomie, the Second Demographic Transition, and unequal gender relations. In addition, the author proposes unexplored factors that may lead to fertility limitation, such as the increasing difficulty of combining work and childrearing, insufficient housing, changes in intergenerational support, and the deterioration of health lifestyles and marital relations.

childbearing, fertility, ukraine
1145-1178
Perelli-Harris, Brienna
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Frejka, Tomas
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Hoem, Jan
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Toulemon, Laurent
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Perelli-Harris, Brienna
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Frejka, Tomas
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Hoem, Jan
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Toulemon, Laurent
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Perelli-Harris, Brienna , Frejka, Tomas, Hoem, Jan and Toulemon, Laurent (eds.) (2008) Ukraine: On the border between old and new in uncertain times. Demographic Research, 19 (29), 1145-1178. (doi:10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.29).

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Abstract

Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of the demographic situation in Ukraine, including explanations for the decline to very low fertility and changes in family policy. Drawing on official statistics, survey data, and focus group interviews, the analysis shows that the country’s decline to lowest-low fertility is primarily due to the postponement of or the reduction in second births, as opposed to the postponement of first births. The chapter includes a discussion on the link between low fertility and changing marriage patterns, contraceptive prevalence, and abortion. The author then reviews the evidence for the leading explanations of fertility decline in Ukraine, including economic uncertainty, social anomie, the Second Demographic Transition, and unequal gender relations. In addition, the author proposes unexplored factors that may lead to fertility limitation, such as the increasing difficulty of combining work and childrearing, insufficient housing, changes in intergenerational support, and the deterioration of health lifestyles and marital relations.

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Published date: 1 July 2008
Keywords: childbearing, fertility, ukraine

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Local EPrints ID: 180925
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/180925
PURE UUID: e3f9adfc-a5ff-4b42-b803-f3f1aa039d58
ORCID for Brienna Perelli-Harris: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8234-4007

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Date deposited: 13 Apr 2011 08:51
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:57

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Editor: Tomas Frejka
Editor: Jan Hoem
Editor: Laurent Toulemon

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