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Figure1.2:Women’smeanageatfirstbirthinselectedEuropeancountries,1970-2003.
Source:CouncilofEurope2006.
Thecountrybelongstothepost-socialistbloc,and,asinothertransformation
countries(seeFigure1.1)rapidfertilitydeclineinPolandwastriggeredbythe
economicandinstitutionalchangesof1990.Ithasbeenarguedthateconomic
factorsalongwithgeneralinstitutionalandstructuralchangesarecurrently
themajorforcebehindthefertilitydeclineinthisregion(Frejka2008c,Koytcheva
2006,Kotowskaetal.2008,Sobotka2008).Atthesametime,itisexpectedthat
theimpactofideationalprocesses,suchassecularisation,liberalisationofnorms,
andindividualisation,willgainimportancewithtime,keepingfertilitylevelslow
(LesthaegheandSurkyn2002).Intermsofideationalfactors,however,Poland
appearstobeoneofthe“puzzlingcases”(alongwiththeSoutherncountries,Dalla
ZuannaandMicheli2004),wherelowest-lowfertilityoccursinafamily-ori-
entedsociety.Consistently,familyandchildbearingarefoundtooccupythevery
highestpositionsintheindividualvaluesystemsofPoles(FrątczakandBalicki
2003,Giza-PoleszczukandPoleszczuk2004,HolzerandKowalska1997,