Sustained and Universal Fertility Recuperation in Kazakhstan
The fertility rates of Kazakhstan have reversed to levels not seen since several decades ago. The striking fertility increase poses questions on the extent to which this new development is shared across socio-demographic groups and the nature of fertility recuperation. The current study employs UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey data and event-history modelling to analyse parity progressions one to four. The results suggest a sustained fertility increase that is not merely associated with the recuperation of delayed first births, but a genuine increase across all birth orders. This pattern was evident for both main ethnicities in Kazakhstan and across educational groups. The gradual increase of higher-order births, especially among ethnic Kazakhs, indicates either a reversed fertility transition or the fact that the previous fertility decline in the 1990s was not a part of a general transition towards below-replacement fertility but rather reflects a situation where fertility and the business-cycle are positively correlated.
Funding
Stockholm University
History
ISSN
2002-617XOriginal title
Sustained and Universal Fertility Recuperation in KazakhstanOriginal language
- English
Publication date
2022-12-16Affiliation (institution of first SU-affiliated author)
- 310 Sociologiska institutionen | Department of Sociology
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- public
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- PUBLIC