Jobs, careers, and becoming a parent under state socialist and market conditions: Evidence from Estonia 1971-2006

Billingsley, Sunnee; Puur, Allan

doi:10.4054/demres.2014.30.64

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“…Given the less secure economic position of migrants after the fall of state socialism, the stability of estimates is to some extent unexpected, particularly in view of the reasoning that relates the retreat of marriage and the increase in non-marital cohabitation to economic difficulty and uncertainty (Perelli-Harris et al 2010;Perelli-Harris and Gerber 2011). Nonetheless, similar findings are reported in a recent study that compared the entry into parenthood among migrants and natives in Estonia (Billingsley, Puur, and Sakkeus 2014). Aside from socialisation, the failure to explain the observed differences away by demographic and socio-economic controls lends support to the cultural maintenance (sub-culture) hypothesis McDonald 2000, 2002), according to which migrant groups may, for extended periods, preserve values, norms, and behaviours that are distinct from those prevailing in the host society.…”

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Partnership dynamics among migrants and their descendants in Estonia

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2015

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Partnership dynamics among migrants and their descendants in Estonia

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2015

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“…Although previous research has addressed fertility patterns among the migrant-origin population in Estonia (Katus, Puur, andSakkeus 2000b, 2002;Katus, Puur, and Põldma 2002;Billingsley, Puur, and Sakkeus 2014), only a few analyses have specifically focused on the fertility behaviour of Estonian Russians (Sakkeus 2000;Abuladze et al 2013). This study aims to fill this void by systematically comparing them with the populations of the sending and host countries.…”

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Childbearing among first- and second-generation Russians in Estonia against the background of the sending and host countries

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“…The most recent gender-equality monitoring (Turu-uuringute AS 2016) shows that while Russians in Estonia express less support for gender equality, Russian women are more often dissatisfied with the status quo, and report a more severe work-family conflict than Estonians (Espenberg et al 2013). A few recent studies have examined fertility patterns among migrant groups in Estonia (Abuladze et al 2013;Billingsley et al 2014;Puur et al 2017) but there are virtually no analyses of childbearing intentions among these groups. This study seeks to contribute to filling this void by focusing on Russians in Estonia, and comparing their fertility intentions with the populations of the sending and host countries.…”

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Fertility Intentions and Views on Gender Roles: Russian Women in Estonia from an Origin-destination Perspective

Puur

Vseviov

Abuladze

2019

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In this article we investigate fertility intentions of Russian women in Estonia from an origin-destination perspective. Russian migrants to Estonia and their descendants are compared with women in the sending and host countries in order to identify similarities and differences in intended transitions to first, second and third births. The study is based on the Estonian and Russian Generations and Gender Surveys, which were conducted in 2004/2005, and employs logistic regression models. The dependent variables are intentions to become a mother, to have a second child, or to have a third child. The hypotheses for the study are mainly derived from the adaptation, cultural maintenance, and selection (characteristics) perspectives. We also incorporate attitudes towards gender roles into the models, which have proven to be a salient factor in shaping childbearing intentions, but have seldom been considered in studies of migrant fertility.Our results lend support to both the adaptation and cultural maintenance perspectives. In accord with the latter, the similarity between the childbearing intentions of Russian migrants and their descendants in Estonia and those of their counterparts in Russia suggests that socialisation to the ethnic subculture has prevailed over the influence of the host society. We attribute this outcome to contextual features that have retarded integration processes. By contrast, we observe that proficiency in the host country language, residence in areas where the host population constitutes a large majority and having a native partner significantly contribute to the adaptation of migrants’ intentions to have another child to those of the host population. These results provide support to the adaptation argument. Finally, our study reveals a positive association between egalitarian views on gender roles and women’s intentions to have another child. However, variation in gender role attitudes accounts for a relatively minor part of the difference in intended fertility between the groups addressed in this study.* This article belongs to a special issue on migrant fertility.

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Jobs, careers, and becoming a parent under state socialist and market conditions: Evidence from Estonia 1971-2006

Cited by 8 publications

References 39 publications

Partnership dynamics among migrants and their descendants in Estonia

Partnership dynamics among migrants and their descendants in Estonia

Childbearing among first- and second-generation Russians in Estonia against the background of the sending and host countries

Fertility Intentions and Views on Gender Roles: Russian Women in Estonia from an Origin-destination Perspective

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