[Unmarried, pre-nuptial and marital fertility: the family in process of change. An empirical analysis of Austrian women giving birth to their first child, 1950-1990].

Abstract

"This analysis provides an outline of the changes in family formation behaviour in Austria in the years 1950 to 1990. Using vital statistical data and retrospective data of the 1981 census all women with their first confinement in the years 1950 to 1990 were classified into three distinct groups according to their form of family formation behaviour: 1. Mother is unmarried at date of birth...,2. mother marries during pregnancy, 3. mother is married at time of conception. Changes in family formation behaviour over time are discussed in detail, focussing on different age groups and on regional differences." (SUMMARY IN ENG)