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Pour expliquer l'émergence de comportements alternatifs en matière de famille et de fécondité, l'article mobilise des cadres explicatifs concurrents : rapport à la modernité et position sociale défavorisée. À partir des données recueillies dans le cadre de l'enquête sur les générations et les rapports de genre dans les deux pays (2004-2005), notamment auprès des femmes nées entre 1924 et 1986, il saisit les modèles de fécondité au regard de la parité chez des couples mariés et non-mariés, en comparant les migrants et descendants russes en Estonie aux populations autochtones en Estonie et en Russie. L'article établit que c'est parmi les Estoniens et les Russes (migrants) en Estonie que les naissances hors mariage sont les plus fréquentes, ce qui permet à ces auteurs de conclure que la culture et la socialisation (et non la position sociale) façonnent de manière déterminante ces différences en terme de fécondité.

A substantial body of research has accumulated on the socio-economic correlates of marital instability. Previous studies have shown considerable variation in the association between women's educational attainment and marital disruption. This article complements existing research by investigating the pattern of this relationship across countries and its change over time. The main geographical focus is on Northern Europe but evidence is also presented from countries in other regions of the continent. The data come from the Generations and Gender Surveys conducted from 2004 to 2010. The estimates from Cox proportional hazards models reveal considerable variation in the educational gradient of disruption risks. We find that among the Northern European countries, Norway and East Germany exhibit a negative relationship between women's education and marital disruption. In contrast, Lithuania features a positive association, while Estonia and West Germany show a neutral relationship. The observed pattern seems to follow the advancement of family deinstitutionalisation and women's increased economic autonomy. With regard to temporal change, our study lends support to the view that the relationship between women's educational attainment and marital disruption is not static but evolves from positive to neutral and further to negative. Due to the contextual features discussed in the article, Northern Europe can be regarded as a forerunner in this development among the regions of Europe.

This article analyses the transformation in the mode of partnership formation in seven countries of Eastern Europe. The aim of the study is to provide an up-to-date account of the switch from direct marriage to non-marital cohabitation as it has progressed from the 1960s to the mid-2000s, using data from the Generations and Gender Surveys. Unlike previous analyses of partnership formation, we examined the extent to which crossnational variations, in the onset and scale of transformation characteristic of the Second Demographic Transition (SDT), could be linked to nuptiality regimes that existed in the region in the 19th and early 20th centuries. With few exceptions, the results support the notion of correspondence between historical and contemporary patterns. Forerunners in the transition to partnership formation outside marriage tend to come from areas which exhibited a late/low prevalence of marriage; the latecomers are typically situated east of the Hajnal line. Thus our study corroborates earlier findings pertaining to the legacy the historical marriage patterns, extending them further, from the onset of the first to the second demographic transition. Our results are also in line with idea of the spatial continuity across successive waves of demographic innovation demonstrated in several studies for Western Europe. The findings reported in the article make a similar argument for Eastern Europe. In a broader framework, the results point to diversity of pathways along which family and fertility characteristic of the SDT have evolved. In view of the evidence presented in the article, Eastern Europe seems to embody two variants with regard to synchronism between a shift from direct marriage to non-marital cohabitation and postponement of childbearing.

In Estonia, the Generations and Gender Survey 2020 (GGS-II) is the third large-scale demographic survey that collects data on family and fertility dynamics. As the country participates in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, the GGS-II opted for a shorter age range of the sample (18–59). The questionnaire in the GGS-II in Estonia follows the GGS-II wave 1 baseline questionnaire. The questionnaire also includes the Global Uncertainties' module developed by the Nordic countries, a battery of questions on the perceived impact of COVID-19, and several country-specific items. The GGS-II in Estonia was implemented using only computer-assisted web interviewing (CAWI). In this article, we present a concise overview of the sampling and data collection process, analyse representativeness and response rates, and briefly assess the data quality. We conclude that despite low response rates, the GGS-II provides a good basis for the analysis of fertility and family dynamics.

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 320116 for the research project FamiliesAndSocieties. ; BACKGROUND Immigrants and their descendants often marry a co-ethnic partner despite the abundance of native-born marriage candidates. The prevalence of co-ethnic marriages and intermarriage among migrants is influenced by their integration level and cultural background as much as individual preferences and structural factors. OBJECTIVE This paper expands existing literature on intermarriage by analysing first marriages across European countries, distinguishing marriage type (endogamous versus exogamous) and migrant generations (immigrants versus their descendants). METHODS Data from seven countries was aggregated using the count-data method and was subsequently pooled and analysed together; first, to estimate unadjusted first marriage rates; second, to calculate marriage risks separately by marriage type; and, finally, to directly compare the risk of exogamous and endogamous marriage. RESULTS There are substantial differences in the prevalence of co-ethnic marriage and intermarriage across the migrant groups. Migrants from non-EU countries often show a high prevalence of co-ethnic marriages and a low risk of intermarriage, whereas migrants from neighbouring countries show a relatively high risk of intermarriage. CONCLUSIONS Ethnic background and early socialisation have strong impacts on the partner choice of migrants and their descendants. The results suggest a strong influence of minority subcultures for some migrant groups, but also intergenerational adaptation processes for others. ; Publisher PDF ; Peer reviewed