Following the swift demise of the state-socialist regime in 1989, a profound transformation of family and fertility … patterns has taken place in the Czech Republic. Family formation has been postponed and period fertility rates have fallen to … childbearing, which was conducive to later and more carefully planned family formation. The rapidity of observed changes can be …

in importance, and its role as the main institution on which family relations are built has been eroded across Europe …. Union formation most often takes place without a marriage. Family and living arrangements are currently heterogeneous across … hand, and the overall level of fertility, on the other, is not straightforward. In most countries, marriage rates and …

Considering its very low fertility and high age at childbearing, Italy stands alone in the European context and can … pregnancy, delivery, and the first months of a newborn’s life, while forming a family and childbearing choices are considered … hardly be compared with other countries, even those in the Southern region. The fertility decline occurred without any …

For a very long time, Albania has had one of the highest levels of fertility in Europe: in 2002 the total fertility … a rapid fertility reduction during the last 50 years: a TFR decline from 7 to 2.2. This reduction has occurred in the … communist regime that produced policies with indirect effects on fertility. Most significant of these were policies focused on …

The Netherlands has seen a considerable decline of the period total fertility rate and delayed childbearing, just like … all other European countries. The drop in fertility, however, has not been as sharp as in many other regions of Europe …. The period total fertility rate in the Netherlands has stabilized since the late 1970s at around 1.6 children per woman …

postponement, an end to universal childbearing, and the emergence of non-marital births. Family formation has been postponed, but a …, fertility has gone through major changes, namely, a massive reduction in fertility and important structural changes: birth … universal preference for parenting. However, the preference for the two-child family has declined and the desire for a larger …

relatively high. In combination with other factors, family policies also play a role in the fluctuations of fertility rates, as …Sweden is the forerunner of the Second Demographic Transition. Fertility trends have fluctuated greatly since the 1960s … as an increasing instability of family relationships. The awareness and the availability of effective contraceptives have …

This contribution looks at the influence of immigration on childbearing trends in the countries of Western, Northern … contribution of migrants to the total number of births and compares fertility rates of migrant women with the fertility rates of …€˜assimilation’ in migrants’ fertility to the local fertility patterns and analyses the net impact of migrants on period fertility …

This article opens with a review of the main trends in family-related behaviour, i.e. fertility decline and changes in … fertility patterns, a decreasing propensity to marry, postponement of marriage, and a slowly increasing frequency of divorces … determinants of family changes within the general conceptual framework of the Second Democratic Transition (SDT) in Poland. However …

. Since then, the total fertility rate has been increasing slightly. Postponement in childbearing began with cohorts born … childbearing postponement and a lower final number of children. Slovenia has a relatively well-developed family policy …, particularly on parental leave and pre-school childcare. Notwithstanding, almost no impact of family policy on fertility has ever …