Title

Understanding Low Fertility In Poland: Demographic Consequences Of Gendered Discrimination In Employment And Postsocialist Neoliberal Restructuring

Abstract

After the state socialist regime of Poland collapsed in 1989, the nation's total fertility rate plummeted from 2.1 to 1.27 by 2007. Simultaneously, Poland severely reduced social service provisions and restricted access to family planning. A three-month mixed-methods research study was conducted in 2007 in Gdańsk to investigate Polish women's reproductive intentions and decision making. These data reveal that discriminatory practices by employers against pregnant women and women with small children are decisive in women's decisions to postpone or forego childbearing. The case of Poland demonstrates the urgent need to redress fundamental gendered discrimination in employment before work-family reconciliation policies can be effective. © 2009 Joanna Z. Mishtal.

Publication Date

12-1-2009

Publication Title

Demographic Research

Volume

21

Number of Pages

599-626

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2009.21.20

Socpus ID

77952104529 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/77952104529

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