Sweden's marriage revival: An analysis of the new-millennium switch from long-term decline to increasing popularity

Population Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-200

  Ohlsson Wijk, Sofi ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childbearing; Cohabitation; Event history analysis; Marriage; Marriage trend; Register data; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; COHABITATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FAMILY STRUCTURE; LABOR MARKET; MARRIAGE; WOMENS STATUS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 79960630810     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2011.574724     Document Type: Article

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