Changes in union status during the transition to parenthood in eleven European countries, 1970s to early 2000s

Population Studies

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-182

  Perelli Harris, Brienna ^a   Kreyenfeld, Michaela ^b   Sigle Rushton, Wendy ^c   Keizer, Renske ^d   Lappegård, Trude ^e   Jasilioniene, Aiva ^b   Berghammer, Caroline ^f   Di Giulio, Paola ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^f VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

Author keywords

childbearing; cohabitation; Europe; life course research; marriage; union dynamics

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; COHABITATION; FERTILITY; MARRIAGE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84862280443     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2012.673004     Document Type: Article

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