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Chapter1:Introduction
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2003),ortheymakeadistinctionbetweentheeconomic,ideationalandinstitu-
tional,orsocialaspects(e.g.,Coleman2005,Hobcraft1996,McDonald2002).
Nevertheless,howtheseinuencesinteract,producingsuchbigdifferences
infertilitypatternsacrossEurope,stillremainsanopenquestion.Theissue
ofhowthesevariousfactorsaffecteachotherandworktogetherindifferent
contextshasyettobethoroughlyexplored(deBruijn1999,McNicoll1992,
Sobotka2004).Ourstudyhelpstofillthisgapbyprovidinganin-depthanalysis
offertilitychoicesinacontextwhichisparticularlyinformationrich.
Forourresearch,wehavechosenthePolishcase.InPoland,fertilityrates
droppedfromhightorecordlowlevelsinasurprisinglyshortperiodoftime
(fromTRF=2.1in1989to1.2in2004,whenthestudytakesplace).Hence,this
settingprovidesuswithanexceptionalopportunitytoinvestigatethefertility
declineinitsmostintenseperiod.Moreover,thecombinationofeconomic,insti-
tutional,andideationalfactorsisparticularlychallenginginthePolishcontext.
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2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
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2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
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1970
1975
1975
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1980
Central-East(post-socialist)
1985
1985
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1990
West
1995
1995
2000
2000
Austria
France
TheNetherlands
Switzerland
Bulgaria
CzechRep.
Hungary
Poland
3.0
2.5
2.0
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1970
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1980
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South
1990
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1995
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Norway
Sweden
UK
Greece
Italy
Spain
Figure1.1:TotalFertilityRatesinselectedEuropeancountries,1970-2003.Source:
CouncilofEurope2006.