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- Title
The Rise of Cohabitation and Childbearing Outside of Marriage in Bulgaria.
- Authors
von der Lippe, Elena
- Abstract
Together with the political and economic changes in the 1990s in all Eastern European countries are observed also drastic demographic changes. The most prominent ones, regarding the fertility in Bulgaria is the rise of postponement of births, the emergence of new family forms and a high rise in the out-of-wedlock births. In our study, we analyse the increase of cohabitation, the delay of first birth and the interrelation between these events. We pay a special attention to the influence of education level of women on the preferences of family formation and childbearing. The data we use comes from the Social Capital Survey conducted in 2002 in Bulgaria. Our results show that when a conception occurs, women tend more to marry directly than form a consensual union. Yet, the increase in the share of non-marital births is due to the spread of cohabitation. We also found out that first birth in Bulgaria is a universal process and is not influenced by the education level of the women. But, higher educated women prefer to marry directly, than start their union formation with cohabitation. Also, enrolment in education delays woman's transition to adulthood.
- Subjects
BULGARIA; SOCIAL surveys; HUMAN fertility -- Social aspects; BIRTHS to unmarried women; SOCIAL impact; SOCIOLOGY; SOCIAL factors; HUMAN behavior; UNMARRIED couples
- Publication
Romanian Journal of Population Studies, 2009, Vol 3, Issue 1, p72
- ISSN
1843-5998
- Publication type
Article