Fertility Intentions and Views on Gender Roles: Russian Women in Estonia from an Origin-destination Perspective

Abstract: In this article we investigate fertility intentions of Russian women in Estonia from an origin-destination perspective. Russian migrants to Estonia and their descendants are compared with women in the sending and host countries in order to identify similarities and differences in intended transitions to first, second and third births. The study is based on the Estonian and Russian Generations and Gender Surveys, which were conducted in 2004/2005, and employs logistic regression models. The dependent variables are intentions to become a mother, to have a second child, or to have a third child. The hypotheses for the study are mainly derived from the adaptation, cultural maintenance, and selection (characteristics) perspectives. We also incorporate attitudes towards gender roles into the models, which have proven to be a salient factor in shaping childbearing intentions, but have seldom been considered in studies of migrant fertility. Our results lend support to both the adaptation a

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Comparative Population Studies - Zeitschrift für Bevölkerungswissenschaft ; 43 (2018) ; 275-306

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
• (when): 2018
• Creator: Puur, Allan ; Vseviov, Hanna ; Abuladze, Liili

Further information

• DOI: 10.12765/CPoS-2019-04en
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021070712473330283283
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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