Demographic Trends and Patterns in the Soviet Union Before 1991

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 10
List of Figures......Page 12
List of Tables......Page 18
Contributors......Page 26
Introduction......Page 32
Nuptiality and Fertility in USSR Republics and Neighboring Populations......Page 44
Survey of Fertility Trends in the Republics of the Soviet Union: 1959  1990......Page 60
Three Types of Fertility Behavior in the USSR......Page 82
Quantum and Timing of Births in the USSR......Page 98
Ethnic-Territorial Differences in Marital Fertility: A 1985 Survey......Page 112
Fertility Transition in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania......Page 130
Changes in Spatial Variation of Demographic Indicators in Russia......Page 154
Contraception and Abortions: Trends and Prospects for the 1990s......Page 172
Family and Household Changes in the USSR: A Demographic Approach......Page 190
Marital-Status Composition of the Soviet Population......Page 208
Marital and Fertility Experience of Soviet Women......Page 226
Teenage Marriages in Latvia......Page 252
Large Families in Low-Fertility Regions: A Social Portrait......Page 260
Public Opinion on Fertility and Population Problems: Results of a 1990 Survey......Page 272
Public Opinion on Family Policies in Lithuania......Page 290
The Social Roles and Status of Women in the USSR......Page 304
Life Expectancy and Causes of Death in the USSR......Page 320
A Comparison of Soviet Mortality in the Working Ages: 1959  1988......Page 336
Soviet Mortality by Cause of Death: An Analysis of Years of Potential Life Lost......Page 380
Trends in Infant Mortality in the USSR......Page 400
Spatial Differences in Life Expectancy in European Russia in the 1980s......Page 420
Changing Mortality Patterns in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia......Page 444
Population Dynamics: Consequences of Regular and Irregular Changes......Page 464
Demographic Regularities and Irregularities: The Population Age Structure......Page 482
Beyond Stable Theory: Intercohort Changes in USSR, USA, and Europe......Page 502
Index......Page 518