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.
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Anna Rybinska
Research Scientist
Anna Rybińska is a research scientist for Family Connects International and the Prospective
Study of Infant Development. She joined the Center for Child and Family Policy in
August 2019. Her research interests focus broadly on the variation in family formation
patterns across time, sp

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