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2018 | 50 | 5 | 550 – 578

Article title

ODKLADANIE MATERSTVA NA SLOVENSKU V GENERAČNEJ PERSPEKTÍVE

Content

Title variants

EN
Postponement of motherhood in Slovakia in cohort perspective

Languages of publication

SK

Abstracts

EN
Fertility postponement is one of the most important trends in the demographic behaviour in Slovakia after collapse of previous political regime. The reproduction model which was primarily characterized by early motherhood began to diminish in late 1960s and with every new generation, it loses further ground. It is manifested in continuous rise in cohort mean age at first birth and a significant intergenerational drop in the cohort fertility rate. The benchmark analysis of cohort fertility has enabled us to analyse in detail the onset of the fertility postponement transition in Slovakia, as well as its dynamics and ultimate extent. We have also been able to identify the differences in the recuperation of the deferred births. Our analysis has confirmed that the earliest onset of fertility postponement can be found in Slovakia among women born in the first half of the 1970s. The formation of a new reproductive model in younger ages culminates in cohorts born in the 1980s. It also appears that the main cause of cohort fertility decline is caused by the low level of recuperation of second and higher births. The first order fertility is the most affected by the postponement process, but most of these deferred births are born in higher ages. Therefore the most important for the future development of fertility in Slovakia will be on how successful will women born in the 1970s and 1980s were in carrying out their deferred second pregnancies.

Year

Volume

50

Issue

5

Pages

550 – 578

Physical description

Contributors

  • Centrum spoločenských a psychologických vied SAV, Šancova 56, 811 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

References

Document Type

Publication order reference

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