Demography of Russia

From the Past to the Present

Tatiana Karabchuk, Kazuhiro Kumo, Ekaterina Selezneva

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781137518491
• eBook ISBN: 9781137518507
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

This book examines the demographic development of Russia from the late Russian Empire to the contemporary Russian Federation, and includes discussions of marriage patterns, fertility, mortality, and inter-regional migration. In this pioneering study, the authors present the first English-language overview of demographic data collection in Russia. Chapters in the book offer a systematic overview of the legislation regulating fertility and the family sphere, a study of the factors determining first and higher order births, and an examination of population distribution across Russian regions. The book also combines research tools from the social sciences with a medical approach to provide a study of mortality rates. By bringing together approaches from several disciplines – demography, economics, and sociology–the authors of this book provide a comprehensive and detailed assessment of the historical roots of Russia's demographic development.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• 1: Introduction
• 2: Population Statistics of Russia: The Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation
• 3: Population Policies in Soviet and Modern Russia
• 4: Marriage and Divorce, 1994–2014
• 5: Fertility and Uncertainty in Modern Russia
• 6: Factors Affecting the Birth of Second and Third Children
• 7: Changes in Mortality: Meta-Analysis
• 8: Interregional Migration: Analysis of Origin-to-­Destination Matrix
• 9: In Lieu of a Conclusion
• Index