Union formation, marriage and first birth: Convergence across cohorts in Austria, Hungary, Northern Italy and Slovenia?

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The interplay between changes of different demographic determinants may trigger or prevent convergence of various dimensions of demographic behaviour both within and between countries of western and Eastern Europe. We investigate whether convergence or divergence dynamics prevail across cohorts in Austria, Hungary, northern Italy and Slovenia with regard to union formation and transition to motherhood. Our findings suggest that convergence in patterns of union formation and first birth is far from being achieved across the countries considered. Postponement of family formation and motherhood has spread, but between-country differences persist and even suggest diverging cross-country patterns.

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• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Vienna Institute of Demography Working Papers ; No. 08/2006

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
• Subject: Union formation ; marriage ; first birth ; childbearing ; convergence ; Ehe ; Fertilität ; Schätzung ; Vergleich ; Österreich ; Ungarn ; Italien ; Slowenien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Mamolo, Marija
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Vienna Institute of Demography (VID)
• (where): Vienna
• (when): 2006

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/97002