earlier second and third births, however increase in completed cohort fertility was minimal. A third wave started in 2007 … was a turning point in the change of fertility and nuptiality models. The 1970s birth cohorts marry and become parents …-traditional features of fertility and nuptiality remain. These distinguish Russia from most European countries and will persist in the near …

-- has become the main instrument of birth regulation in Northern and Western Europe and gaining ground in Southern Europe … and the formerly state socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Legal induced abortion use, which was highly … prevalent in Central and Eastern Europe, has been declining since the demise of authoritarian regimes around 1990. Nonetheless …

This chapter offers an in-depth analysis of fertility in Austria, a country which has experienced a low and relatively … stable fertility level and a gradual postponement of childbearing since the mid-1980s. We begin by summarising Austrian … history of sub-replacement fertility and high childlessness in Austria and look in detail at recent parity …

understanding of fertility regimes. Elsewhere, we have shown that diversity with respect to fertility quantum is increasing from … by long last birth interval of about 11 years. Age distributions of fertility for women from this cluster are bimodal and … their shape points at unexpectedly “renewed” fertility careers. Additional births produced by the phenomenon compose about 6 …

present state of arts in fertility research in Europe, and we then proceed with an overview of the articles of the Volume. …This paper introduces a collection of related studies on different aspects of research on European fertility and family …th birthday. It provides an overview of important approaches to, and relevant topics of European fertility research, as …

-marital fertility in mainstream Western Europe are the increasing demands placed on immigrants to pursue legitimacy in their … practices in the developing world, it is increasingly impossible to draw general conclusions about fertility in Europe without …One of the most compelling demographic questions in contemporary Europe has been whether immigrant populations will …

in importance, and its role as the main institution on which family relations are built has been eroded across Europe … Europe, but all countries seem to be making the same shifts: towards fewer people living together as a couple, especially in … hand, and the overall level of fertility, on the other, is not straightforward. In most countries, marriage rates and …

For nearly three decades, the total fertility rate in England and Wales has remained high relative to other European … countries, and stable at about 1.7 births per woman. In this chapter, we examine trends in both period and cohort fertility … and quantum of fertility. Breaking with a market-oriented and laissez-faire approach to work and family issues, the last …

Sweden is the forerunner of the Second Demographic Transition. Fertility trends have fluctuated greatly since the 1960s … having a ‘foreign background’ in the early 2000s. The level of female labor-force participation is the highest in Europe … (although mothers of pre-schoolers often work part-time), and young women are just as highly educated as men. Family policies …