Full Description
The birth rate in late-nineteenth century Russia was high and virtually constant, but by 1970 it had fallen by about two-thirds. Although similar reductions have occurred in other countries, the decline in Russian fertility is of particular interest because it took place in a setting of great ethnic heterogeneity and under economic and social institutions different from those in the West. This book tells the full statistical story of trends in Russian fertility since the first census in 1897 by examining the conditions--social, economic, cultural, and demographic--that existed at the beginning of and during the decline in human fertility. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
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Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*List of Tables, pg. vii*List of Figures, pg. xi*List of Maps, pg. xix*Preface, pg. xxi*CHAPTER 1: Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER 2: The Evolution of Marital Fertility in European Russia, pg. 15*CHAPTER 3: Marital Fertility in Central Asia and the Transcaucasus, pg. 85*CHAPTER 4: Variations in Im: The Proportions Married Among Potentially Fertile Women in the Union Republics, 1897 to 1970, pg. 122*CHAPTER 5: Variations in Nuptiality Among the Provinces of European Russia in 1897, pg. 147*CHAPTER 6: Summary of Fertility Change in Russia: The March of the Ellipses, pg. 179*APPENDIX A: Adjustments and Estimates Used in Calculating the Basic Fertility Indexes, pg. 207*APPENDIX BETA: Notes on the Age Distribution of Nationalities in 1959 and 1970, pg. 247*APPENDIX C: Notes on the Fertility of the Nonmarried Population, pg. 251*APPENDIX D: Data Sources for Fertility Indexes, pg. 257*Notes, pg. 261*References, pg. 273*Index, pg. 279
