title: [Population policies and intervention on natality in Eastern Europe (Part 1)].
abstract: This is an overview of population policies and their underlying doctrines in Eastern European countries since World War II.  The author describes three chronological stages:  "an orthodox populationist stage, from 1945 to 1955...; a phase of liberalization of abortion and at times of contraception from 1955 to 1965; and from this latter date, as a reaction against the accelerated decline of fertility, a phase of abortion and divorce restriction and of growing aid to family, likewise [marked] by the creation of National Population Committees and Institutes of Demographic Research."  The countries of Eastern Europe are divided into three classifications: those with no population policy (Albania only); those with indirect measures, including Poland, Yugoslavia, and the USSR; and those with explicit, quantitative demographic goals, including Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, and Romania.  The effectiveness of selected population policies is assessed. (SUMMARY IN ENG)
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000385:Aid to Families with Dependent Children; D000415:Albania; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004243:Divorce; D005060:Europe; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D005193:Family Planning Services; D006076:Government; D006285:Health Planning; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008393:Marriage; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011155:Population Control; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D014586:USSR; D015022:Yugoslavia
keywords: Abortion Law--changes; Abortion, Induced; Albania; Demographic Factors; Demographic Impact; Developed Countries; Divorce--legal aspects; Eastern Europe; Europe; Evaluation; Family Allowances; Family Planning; Family Planning Programs; Family Policy; Fertility Control, Postconception; Government; Marriage; Marriage Patterns; Mediterranean Countries; Nuptiality; Policy; Political Factors; Population; Population Control; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Population Programs; Pronatalist Policy; Social Policy; Southern Europe; Ussr; Yugoslavia
vernacular_title: Politiques de population et action sur la natalite en Europe de l'Est (1ere partie).