Human Fertility in Russia Since the Nineteenth Century

Summary

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 insti

Product details

• Authors: Barbara A. Anderson, Anderson Barbara A., Ansley Johnson Coale, Ansley Johnson Anderson Coale, Coale Ansley Johnson, Erna Harm, Erna Härm
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.03.2015
• EAN: 9780691627991
• ISBN: 978-0-691-62799-1
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; Office of Population Research
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology: family and relationships, Population & demography, Population and Demography, Sociology: Birth