Through civil war, food crisis and drought: trends in fertility and nuptiality in post-Soviet Tajikistan
Through civil war, food crisis and drought: trends in fertility and nuptiality in post-Soviet Tajikistan
This article has two objectives. First, it aims to complement and extend existing research on post-socialist demographic change, which has thus far tended to focus on Central and Eastern Europe. It does this by describing the nature of post-Soviet trends in nuptiality and fertility in Tajikistan, the republic with the highest rate of population growth during the Soviet period. It finds evidence for a decrease in period fertility after independence: initially, through a decline at higher orders; then, through a significant decrease in the rate of first births, associated with a dramatic decrease in the rate of first union formation since the mid-1990s. Second, it aims to contribute to the demography of conflict and of food crisis. Most clearly, it finds strong evidence for a decrease in nuptiality and fertility associated with the 1995 food crisis
post soviet, central asia, tajikistan, fertility, union formation, civil war, food crisis
325-350
Clifford, David
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Falkingham, Jane
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Hinde, Andrew
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Clifford, David
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Falkingham, Jane
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Hinde, Andrew
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Clifford, David, Falkingham, Jane and Hinde, Andrew
(2010)
Through civil war, food crisis and drought: trends in fertility and nuptiality in post-Soviet Tajikistan.
European Journal of Population, 26 (3), .
(doi:10.1007/s10680-010-9206-x).
Abstract
This article has two objectives. First, it aims to complement and extend existing research on post-socialist demographic change, which has thus far tended to focus on Central and Eastern Europe. It does this by describing the nature of post-Soviet trends in nuptiality and fertility in Tajikistan, the republic with the highest rate of population growth during the Soviet period. It finds evidence for a decrease in period fertility after independence: initially, through a decline at higher orders; then, through a significant decrease in the rate of first births, associated with a dramatic decrease in the rate of first union formation since the mid-1990s. Second, it aims to contribute to the demography of conflict and of food crisis. Most clearly, it finds strong evidence for a decrease in nuptiality and fertility associated with the 1995 food crisis
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post soviet, central asia, tajikistan, fertility, union formation, civil war, food crisis
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