Understanding low fertility in Poland: Demographic consequences of gendered discrimination in employment and post-socialist neoliberal restructuring

After the state socialist regime of Poland collapsed in 1989, the nation's total fertility rate plummeted from 2.1 to 1.27 by 2007. Simultaneously, Poland severely reduced social service provisions and restricted access to family planning. A three-month mixed-methods research study was cond...

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Main Author: Joanna Z. Mishtal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2009-10-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol21/20/