Through civil war, food crisis and drought: trends in fertility and nuptiality in Post-Soviet Tajikistan

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

This article has two objectives. First, it aims to complement and extend existing research on post-socialist demographic change, which has thus far tended to focus on Central and Eastern Europe. It does this by describing the nature of post-Soviet trends in nuptiality and fertility in Tajikistan, the republic with the highest rate of population growth during the Soviet period. It finds evidence for a decrease in period fertility after independence: initially, through a decline at higher orders; then, through a significant decrease in the rate of first births, associated with a dramatic decrease in the rate of first union formation since the mid-1990s. Second, it aims to contribute to the demography of conflict and of food crisis. Most clearly, it finds strong evidence for a decrease in nuptiality and fertility associated with the 1995 food crisis.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Au travers de la guerre civile, de la crise alimentaire et de la sécheresse: les évolutions de la fécondité et de la nuptialité en Tadjikistan Post-Soviétique
• Extent: Seite(n): 325-350
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie, 26(3)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Familiensoziologie, Sexualsoziologie ; Bevölkerung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Clifford, David ; Falkingham, Jane ; Hinde, Andrew
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Deutschland
• (when): 2010

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-010-9206-x
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-204084
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST