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    STUDIA SOCIOLOGIA - Issue no. 2 / 2010  
         
  Article:   NONMARITAL BIRTHS IN ROMANIA VERSUS OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES - A FEW CONSIDERATIONS.

Authors:  TRAIAN ROTARIU.
 
       
         
  Abstract:  This study continues the author''s previous attempts to analyse and understand the significance of the phenomenon of nonmarital births in European societies today. Rather than performing mostly on Romanian data as in previous research, this time an attempt is being made to obtain a broader picture of the phenomenon by processing information about European Union countries. The aim is to create a typology of these populations in relation to the phenomenon of nonmarital births by taking into account three key dimensions: the intensity, the tempo and the dynamics of the phenomenon, with special emphasis on Romania’s place within these countries. The study innovates on the analysis of the phenomenon in that, in addition to the frequently used proportion of nonmarital births, a relative indicator, it introduces a rate of nonmarital births, which is an absolute indicator, calculated as a part of the total fertility rate (TFR), allotted to births outside marriage.

Keywords: population, fertility, nonmarital births, Romania, the European Union
 
         
     
         
         
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