Fertility Decline in Czechoslovakia During the Last Two Centuries |
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| Authors: | Ludmila Fialová Zdeněk Pavlík Pavel Vere? |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Czechoslovak and world History, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague;2. Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague;3. Federal Statistical Office, Prague |
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| Abstract: | The decline of fertility in Czechoslovakia on the territory of the Czech Socialist Republic began with a rise in the age at marriage; the decline of marital fertility began only after 1860. On the territory of the Slovak Socialist Republic marital fertility began to decline after 1900 without previous significant changes in the age at marriage. The differences between the demographic behaviour in the two parts of Czechoslovakia have persisted, although they are now gradually disappearing. There are other significant regional differences in the fertility decline caused by the overall process of economic and social development. The end of the demographic transition in the Czech Socialist Republic came during the 1930's and in the Slovak Socialist Republic during the 1960's. |
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