Human Fertility in Russia Since the Nineteenth Century

by Ansley J. Coale, Barbara A. Anderson, Erna Harm, et al.

Book Overview

The birth rate in late-nineteenth century Russia was high and virtually constant, but by 1970 it had fallen by about two-thirds. Although similar reductions have occurred in other countries, the decline in Russian fertility is of particular interest because it took place in a setting of great ethnic heterogeneity and under economic and social institutions different from those in the West. This book tells the full statistical story of trends in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691627991
• ISBN13: 9780691627991
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"