TY - JOUR N2 - The article is a follow-up and an extension to previously published papers by HolzerŻelażewska & Holzer (1997) and Holzer-Żelażewska & Tymicki (2009). Fristly, we have added new cohorts to the cohort analysis based on the individual data from births registration for the years 2009–2015. Secondly, we have extended the scope of the study by taking into account the context of postponement and recuperation to analyses of cohort fertility of Polish women. The approach applied to the fertility postponement and recuperation on the cohort data refers to the method which was originally proposed by Frejka (2011) and Lesthaeghe (2001) and further developed by Sobotka et al. (Sobotka et al., 2011). This method allows for calculation of fertility postponement and recuperation measures with respect to a benchmark cohort chosen as the one that first experiences an onset of the increase in the mean age of motherhood at first birth. The results show the remarkable changes in the fertility patterns in Poland. The main driving forces behind the change in fertility patterns in Poland are related to the postponement of first births along with a relatively good recuperation. The magnitude of recuperation for Polish cohorts dropped significantly for second births and was almost non-existent for third and higher births. Therefore, the pattern of fertility in Poland observed till 2015 could be characterized by postponement and recuperation of first births along with a significant decrease in second births with perpetual postponement of third and higher births. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/113636/PDF/Studia%20Demograficzne%202(174)2018%20Tymicki-Zeman-Holzer-%C5%BBela%C5%BCewska.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/113636 PY - 2018 IS - No 2 (174) EP - 23 KW - cohort and period fertility measures KW - postponement KW - recuperation A1 - Tymicki, Krzysztof A1 - Zeman, Kristof A1 - Holzer-Żelażewska, Dorota PB - Komitet Nauk Demograficznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk (do 2017 r.) PB - Komitet Nauk Demograficznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Kolegium Analiz Ekonomicznych Szkoły Głównej Handlowej w Warszawie (od 2018 r.) PB - Kolegium Analiz Ekonomicznych Szkoły Głównej Handlowej w Warszawie (od 2019 r.) DA - 2018 T1 - Cohort fertility of Polish women, 1945–2015: the context of postponment and recuperation SP - 5 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/113636 T2 - Studia Demograficzne ER -