Sweeping changes in marriage, cohabitation and childbearing in central and Eastern Europe: New insights from the developmental idealism framework

European Journal of Population

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-156

  Thornton, Arland ^a   Philipov, Dimiter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abortion; Childbearing; Cohabitation; Contraception; Developmental models; Equality; Family; Freedom; Ideational influences; Living standards; Marriage; Social change; Socialism

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; COHABITATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; MARRIAGE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67349171075     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-009-9181-2     Document Type: Article

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