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Impact of education on reproductive behavior through individual values
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Impact of education on reproductive behavior through individual values
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S086904990012118-1-
DOI
10.31857/S086904990012118-1
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Authors
Andrey V. Korotayev 
ORCID: 0000-0003-3014-2037
Occupation: Head of Laboratory, National Reasearch University Higher School of Economics; Senior Research Fellow, Saint Petersburg State University; Leading Research Fellow, Institute for African Studies, RAS
Affiliation:
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Institute of Oriental studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
FGP MSU
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Kirill Novikov
Affiliation:
RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation
Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Sergey Shulgin
Affiliation: Ranepa
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Edition
Issue 6
Pages
146-163
Abstract

As the analysis of numerous studies leads to the conclusion that higher level of educational attainment in a particular group leads to a decrease in fertility rates among this group. According to the available data, the more educated people are more likely to share the liberal values, including individualism, while the collectivist values are more common among the followers of a traditional or a civil religion. Accordingly, the collectivist values increase the chance of having more children. We suggest that higher level of education means lower religiosity and therefore rejection of collectivism and large family. At the same time, the situation in Russia is somewhat different from other countries. While in most countries the choice of a bigger family is usually associated with the traditional religiosity among both women and men, for the Russian women the ideas of civic duty and state patriotism seem to be more relevant.

Keywords
fertility, education, value system, religiosity, traditional values
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29.12.2020
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29.12.2020
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