Avdeev (Alexandre), Monnier (Alain). - A Survey of Modem Russian Fertility This article based on unpublished data presents birth rate trends during this century and analyses in greater detail the fertility of cohorts born after 1910. During this period, fertility in Russia changed from being...

Les pratiques contraceptives ont évolué différemment dans Les pays est et ouest-européens. En France, où la contraception et l’avortement ont été Légalisés plus tardivement qu’à l’Est, le réseau du planning familial est dense et le principal moyen de prévenir Les naissances non...

Avdeev (Alexandre), Blum (Alain), Troitskaja (Irina). - The History of Abortion Statistics in Russia and the USSR from 1917 to 1991 The history of abortion and abortion statistics in the USSR between 1917 and 1991 is particular. Subjected to the vagaries of population policies during this...

During the nineteenth century, the Russian family existed within a particular institutional and social context, very different from that of Western Europe. The constraints surrounding and shaping family formation, and especially marriage, were very strong and diverse in nature. They arose...

European population growth has slowed over the last thirty years, with a steadily decreasing excess of births over deaths. Net migration is now a major contributor and in some countries plays a decisive role in maintaining positive population growth. This general trend is common to most European...