Intergenerational transmission of young motherhood. Evidence from Sweden, 1986-2009

History of the Family

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-208

  Stanfors, Maria ^a   Scott, Kirk ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

duration models; intergenerational transmission; longitudinal; Sweden; young motherhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884488430     PISSN: 1081602X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1081602X.2013.817348     Document Type: Article

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