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Fertility developments in Norway and Sweden since the early 1960s

Andersson, Gunnar - In: Demographic Research 6 (2002) 4, pp. 67-86

The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of recent trends in childbearing in neighboring Norway and Sweden. We … contrast their fertility developments over the last four decades. Our indexes enable us to decompose overall fertility trends … picture of various cross-country differences in fertility levels. We demonstrate how Swedish fertility has fluctuated …

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New fertility trends in Norway

Lappegård, Trude - In: Demographic Research 2 (2000) 3

Behind a stable and relatively high fertility level in Norway during the 1990s we find increasing differences in the … from the Central Population Register in Norway are used to provide a review of recent fertility trends and discuss the … pattern of fertility both in regard to the timing of the first childbirth and number of children born. In this paper, data …

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Fertility and family policy in Norway - A reflection on trends and possible connections

Rønsen, Marit - In: Demographic Research 10 (2004) 10, pp. 265-286

is a connection between generous public policies that facilitate childbearing and employment, and fertility. Using Norway …Below replacement fertility in many countries has lead to a renewed public interest in policies that may encourage … young people to have more children. The Nordic countries are sometimes in focus in this respect, as their fertility rates …

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The link between parenthood and partnership in contemporary Norway - Findings from focus group research

Lappegård, Trude; Noack, Turid - In: Demographic Research 32 (2015) 9, pp. 287-310

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Assimilation effects on infant mortality among immigrants in Norway: Does maternal source country matter?

Kinge, Jonas; Kornstad, Tom - In: Demographic Research 31 (2014) 26, pp. 779-812

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The impact of parent's and spouses' education on divorce rates in Norway

Lyngstad, Torkild - In: Demographic Research 10 (2004) 5, pp. 121-142

According to both economic and sociological theory, a couple's divorce rate may be influenced by their own educational attainment, that of their parents, and whether they have taken further education after marriage, although predictions are ambiguous. However, these three variables have never...

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Does cancer affect the divorce rate?

Syse, Astri; Kravdal, Øystein - In: Demographic Research 16 (2007) 15, pp. 469-492

Discrete-time hazard regression models were employed to register and census data on 1.4 million Norwegian married couples from 1974-2001 to explore the probability of divorce following cancer illness. Divorce rates for around 215 000 persons diagnosed with cancer were compared to divorce rates...

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Interactive Record Linkage

Fure, Eli - In: Demographic Research 3 (2000) 11

In order to carry out demographic analyses at individual and group levels, a manual method of linking individual event records from parish registers was developed in the late 1950s. In order to save time and to work with larger areas than small parishes, systems for automatic record linkage were...

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Does income inequality really influence individual mortality?

Kravdal, Øystein - In: Demographic Research 18 (2008) 7, pp. 205-232

There is still much uncertainty about the impact of income inequality on health and mortality. Some studies have supported the original hypothesis about adverse effects, while others have shown no effects. One problem in these investigations is that there are many factors that may affect both...

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Labour Market Integration, Occupational Uncertainty, and Fertility Choices in Germany and the UK

Schmitt, Christian - In: Demographic Research 26 (2012) 12, pp. 253-292

rests on how welfare state alignment affects fertility rationales in the context of either promising or bleak occupational …

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