Of marriages and mortgages: The second demographic transition and the relationship between marriage and homeownership in Sweden

Housing Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 909-927

  Lauster, Nathanael T ^a   Fransson, Urban ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Marriage; Social change; Tenure choice

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HOMEOWNERSHIP; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL CHANGE; TENURE RELATIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GAVLE; GAVLEBORG; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33750992793     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673030600917826     Document Type: Article

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