Individualism After the Restoration of Independence Is a Myth: What Determines the Lower Birth Rate?

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Today, the question is often raised in Lithuania as to why fewer and fewer children are being born. The population peaked in 1992, when it was well over 3 million. However, according to sociologist and professor at Vytautas Magnus University Aušra Maslauskaitė, this period is not being assessed correctly. For example, it is believed that after the restoration of independence, the population suddenly became individualists, unwilling to have child…