La disolución de la primera unión y su relación con la fecundidad de las mujeres montevideanas

Abstract

In Uruguay, since the mid-1980s conjugal dissolutions have increased substantially, generating an increased number of people of reproductive age outside of a union. Given this, several studies wonder how dissolutions affect reproductive behaviour of women. This work analyzes the fertility of Montevidean women after the dissolution of a first union, and seeks to understand how and to what extent the increase in divorce or separation affects reproductive patterns. To do this, it studies the effect of dissolution of first union on the number of children of women between the ages of 25 and 67 who had at least one union and live in Montevideo, and factors associated with having at least one child after separation/divorce of the first union. The study intends to contribute to knowledge on fertility after union dissolution from a perspective which highlights the relation between conjugal life and reproduction.