Binational marriages in Sweden: Is there an EU effect?

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-199

  Haandrikman, Karen ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Binational marriages; EU; Intermarriage; Register data; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBALIZATION; MARRIAGE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

FINLAND; SWEDEN;

EID: 84896714618     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.1770     Document Type: Article

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