title: Motherhood after the age of 35 in Poland.
abstract: Postponing motherhood is a widespread phenomenon across developed countries, however only few studies look into very late motherhood in post-socialist countries using individual level data. In this study, I look at the context of the first childbirth in Poland in the midst of the political transformation of 1989. Employing sequence analysis I reconstructed life trajectories of women who experienced the transition to adulthood during the late 1980's and the early 1990's and have just completed their fertility histories. Individual data from the 2011 GGS-PL and the 2011 FAMWELL Survey were used. Comparing paths of mothers' lives, I searched for differences in educational, professional and conjugal careers between women who gave birth before the age of 30 and after the age of 35. The results show how various life careers crisscross over the life course leading women to late motherhood.
authors: Warsaw School of Economics, Institute of Statistics and Demography University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Population Center.
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Rybińska
keywords: fertility in Poland; late motherhood; motherhood postponement; sequence analysis
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