Kalev Katus (Estonian Interuniversity Population Research Centre) Asta Põldma (Estonian Interuniversity Population Research Centre) Allan Puur (Estonian Interuniversity Population Research Centre) Luule Sakkeus (Estonian Interuniversity Population Research Centre)
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.
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Article provided by Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany in its journal Demographic Research.
Volume (Year): 17 (2007) Issue (Month): 10 (November) Pages: 247-300 Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML,
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