A survey of modern Russian fertility [A la decouverte de la fecondite russe contemporaine]статья
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Аннотация:This article, based on unpublished data, presents birth rate trends during this century and analyses in greater detail the fertility of cohorts born after 1910. During this period, fertility in Russia changed from being amongst the highest in Europe to one of the lowest. A recent upturn has resulted in a final value of two children for the cohort of 1955. As in other countries, the reduction in the number of families with three or more children has resulted in a general fertility decline. But births of first and second orders have been exceptionally stable. This is the force of Russian fertility. The article also shows the family policy measures adopted in 1981 and attempts to assess their effects. It analyses the fall in fertility after 1987. Although this fall was clearly a counter-effect of the expectations aroused by the measures of 1981, it is not possible to exclude the hypothesis that the recent fertility decline reflects a "wait and see’ attitude among couples faced by a complex situation in Russia. -from English summary