Program and gives an overview of the context of demographic behavior in Bulgaria. The Contextual Database provides an … dimension. Bulgaria is among the first countries fielding the Generations and Gender Survey and that is engaged in contextual … data collection within this comparative framework. While both micro- and contextual data for Bulgaria will become available …

intergenerational transfers and support. (Keywords: Social capital, fertility, Bulgaria, exchange theory, reciprocity) …

Following the collapse of the communist regimes in Bulgaria and Russia, the two countries have experienced dramatic … behavior and trends differ considerably, causing a stronger fertility decline in Bulgaria due to delayed partnership formation …

decisions. Data from Bulgaria, collected in 2002, support this argument. The intentions of females and males to have a first or …

in Bulgaria and Russia. The analysis is based on data from the Generation and Gender Surveys (GGS) carried out in 2004 …. There is evidence that in some aspects Bulgaria is lagging behind other former socialist and Western European countries … where the second demographic transition is more advanced. Evidence also suggests that Russia is lagging behind Bulgaria …

In this paper, we study entry into the first conjugal union among young women in Bulgaria in 1980 through 2004 based on …

Using data from the first round of the national Gender and Generations Surveys of Russia, Romania, and Bulgaria, and … around 1990. Bulgaria is a special case whose trends need more attention than those of the other countries. …