Семейни форми и репродуктивни нагласи в България
Family Forms and Reproductive Attitudes in Bulgaria

Summary/Abstract: The article views the tendencies in development of birth rate and matrimony. The emergence in the last few decades of new forms of family-life such as: single-motherhood, co-habitation, homosexual co-habitation, expanded families, etc., has its effects on the reproductive attitudes of young people in Bulgaria. The two-children model typical for Bulgaria is still dominant in the attitudes of the reproductive population but the share of one-child families grows steadily. We should also acknowledge: children born out of wedlock raised by single mothers; and those, registered as bora out of wedlock but because the parents never legitimized their co-habitation. Bearing in mind the overall crisis in Modern Family as a worldwide process, and also the changes in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, a brief overview is presented of the tendencies in reproductive attitudes and the development of child-bearing in Bulgaria, and the influence of non-traditional family forms upon those processes.

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