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Book SynopsisThe birth rate in late-nineteenth century Russia was high and virtually constant, but by 1970 it had fallen by about two-thirds. Although similar reductions have occurred in other countries, the decline in Russian fertility is of particular interest because it took place in a setting of great ethnic heterogeneity and under economic and social insti
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*List of Tables, pg. vii*List of Figures, pg. xi*List of Maps, pg. xix*Preface, pg. xxi*CHAPTER 1: Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER 2: The Evolution of Marital Fertility in European Russia, pg. 15*CHAPTER 3: Marital Fertility in Central Asia and the Transcaucasus, pg. 85*CHAPTER 4: Variations in Im: The Proportions Married Among Potentially Fertile Women in the Union Republics, 1897 to 1970, pg. 122*CHAPTER 5: Variations in Nuptiality Among the Provinces of European Russia in 1897, pg. 147*CHAPTER 6: Summary of Fertility Change in Russia: The March of the Ellipses, pg. 179*APPENDIX A: Adjustments and Estimates Used in Calculating the Basic Fertility Indexes, pg. 207*APPENDIX BETA: Notes on the Age Distribution of Nationalities in 1959 and 1970, pg. 247*APPENDIX C: Notes on the Fertility of the Nonmarried Population, pg. 251*APPENDIX D: Data Sources for Fertility Indexes, pg. 257*Notes, pg. 261*References, pg. 273*Index, pg. 279
