The influence of offspring's sex and age at parents' divorce on the intergenerational transmission of divorce, Norwegian first marriages 1980-2003

Population Studies

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-185

  Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde ^a   Engelhardt, Henriette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child parent; Divorce; Hazard models; Intergenerational transmission; Norway; Parents' Divorse; Register data

Indexed keywords

AGE; DIVORCE; MARRIAGE; SEX DETERMINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORWAY; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NORWAY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70349572956     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720902896044     Document Type: Article

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