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- Andersson, Gunnar, 1962-, et al.
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Trends in Childbearing, Marriage and Divorce in Sweden : An Update with Data up to 2012
- 2015
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In: Finnish Yearbook of Population Research. - : Finnish Yearbook of Population Research. - 1796-6183 .- 1796-6191. ; 50, s. 21-30
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We present an update of the main and parity-specific trends in vital family-demographic behavior in Sweden presented in Finnish Yearbook of Population Research 2011. Based on Swedish register data, previous time series of relative risks of childbearing, marriage, and divorce by calendar year are updated with another five years of observation. We demonstrate that more than a decade of increasing fertility levels turned into moderate fertility declines in 2011. This trend change pertains to all main birth orders. Marriage propensities continued to increase for mothers but stagnated for the childless. Since the turn of the century, trends in divorce risks seem to have leveled off, altogether reflecting a more prevalent role of marriage in recent Swedish family dynamics.
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- Bernhardt, Eva, 1940-, et al.
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Ambivalence about Children in the Family Building Process in Sweden
- 2014
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In: Finnish Yearbook of Population Research. - Helsinki : Family Federation of Finland, Population Research Institute. - 1796-6183 .- 1796-6191. ; 49, s. 57-71
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Sweden provides strong support for childbearing and parenthood, including generously subsidizd medical, maternal, and child care, paid parental leave, and child allowances. In this context, attitudes towards parenthood are likely to have a particularly strong impact on the decision about whether and when to have children. We examine the links between first births and holding attitudes about children, not just of positive and negative attitudes, but also of ambivalence, namely those who both value children but also value the things that compete with parenthood for young adults' time and resources. Our analysis shows, measuring attitudes before the transition to parenthood, that ambivalence about childbearing delays the transition to parenthood, but not nearly as much as holding purely negative attitudes. Further, reporting an ambivalent experience from the first child had no significant effect on further childbearing, which testifies to the strong two-child norm in Sweden.
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- Karhula, Aleksi, et al.
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Rural-Urban Migration Pathways and Residential Segregation in the Helsinki Region
- 2021
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In: Finnish Yearbook of Population Research. - : Finnish Yearbook of Population Research. - 1796-6183 .- 1796-6191. ; 55, s. 1-24
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Migration and residential segregation are intrinsically linked. However, little attention has been given to internal migration and its relationship with socioeconomic segregation. In this study, we illustrate the pathways individuals take between rural and urban settings and examine the association between these pathways and segregation in the Helsinki region. We use register data from Statistics Finland and sequence analysis to illustrate the mobility patterns of two 1980s birth cohorts aged 7 to 37. The majority of Finnish rural-urban pathways are associated with either a childhood spent in an urban area or a move to an urban area in young adulthood. We show that an even larger majority of people living in Helsinki at age 37 spent their childhood there or in other urban environments. We find that internal migrants are positively selected for education and income. A childhood in the outer urban regions of a city reduces the probability of living in low income neighbourhoods when controlling for socioeconomic status and family structure. We found no association between rural childhood and living in poor neighbourhoods.
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- Rauhut, Daniel, 1968-, et al.
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Child Poverty in a Regional Perspective : A Study of Sweden 1990 and 2010
- 2014
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In: Finnish Yearbook of Population Research. - 1796-6183 .- 1796-6191. ; 49, s. 123-141
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- When the issue of welfare is addressed in Sweden analysis is usually focused on the national level, in a smaller number of cases on the local level, but rarely on the regional level. Studies on poverty are no exception. The aim of this paper is to analyse child poverty in Sweden, from a regional perspective, in 1990 and 2010. A multivariate cross-section OLS regression model is used to estimate regional factors causing child poverty. Regional macro data is used. The findings indicate that old industrial regions experience greater child poverty. The statistical analysis shows that when the share of foreign-born individuals increases in the regional population, so does the regional share of children living on social assistance. Higher incomes lower the regional share of children living on social assistance.
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- Rauhut, Daniel, et al.
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Child Poverty in a Regional Perspective : A Study of Sweden 1990 and 2010
- 2014
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In: Finnish Yearbook of Population Research. - : The Population Research Institute. - 1796-6183 .- 1796-6191. ; 49, s. 123-141
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Svensk välfärdsforskning fokuseras vanligen på den nationella nivån, i viss utsträckning på den lokala nivån, men sällan på den regionala nivån. Studier av fattigdom är inget undantag. Denna artikel syftar till att analysera barnfattigdom i Sverige i ett regionalt perspektiv för åren 1990 och 2010. En multivariat modell för OLS-tvärsnittsregression används för att skatta faktorer på regional nivå som orsakar barnfattigdom. Regionala makrodata används. Resultaten tyder på att gamla industriregioner har högre barnfattigdom. Den statistiska analysen visar att andelen barn som lever i hushåll med ekonomiskt bistånd ökar med andelen utlandsfödda i regionen. Andelen barn med ekonomiskt bistånd minskar med ökad regional medelinkomst.
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- Straszer, Boglárka, 1973-
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Hungarians in Finland and Sweden : Comparison of some sociocultural and demographic factors on language choice, culture and identity
- 2012
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In: Finnish Yearbook of Population Research. - Helsinki : The Population Research Institute. - 1796-6183 .- 1796-6191. ; :47, s. 5-30
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article provides an overview of some sociocultural and demographic factors of language maintenance and shift among Hungarians in Finland and Sweden, predominately at the group level. Some of the factors described are: the historical background of Hungarian immigration, settlement patterns, demographic development, geographical areas, participation in Hungarian associations along with the attitudes of the majority group towards Hungarians and the Hungarian language. After this some data is presented about language choice, culture and identity of second-generation Hungarians. The article shows that Hungarians are not a single unified group in Sweden or Finland and both groups face factors that can support or hinder the preservation of the Hungarian language and culture. Swedish-Hungarians have a greater ability to preserve their Hungarianism as a group due to population size and concentration in certain areas, while Finnish-Hungarians can maintain their Hungarian identity due to their comparably high status in society and the positive attitudes of the Finnish majority.
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- Thalberg, Sara, 1974-
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Does Money Matter? Childbearing Behaviour of Swedish Students in the 1980's and 1990's
- 2011
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In: Finnish Yearbook of Population Research. - Helsinki : Väestöliitto, The Family Federation of Finland. - 1796-6183 .- 1796-6191. ; , s. 5-19
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Education is considered to be one of the primary factors behind postponement of childbearing, as students have significantly lower fertility than non-students of the same age. The low fertility of students may have many different explanations. This study focus on the impact of economic and policy factors on the relationship between study enrolment and childbearing in Sweden. Using longitudinal data it is examined whether the student financial aid reform of 1989 had any effect on female students’ childbearing behaviour and whether female students’ relative childbearing propensities change when controlling for their earned income. The results show that the reform had no noticeable impact on students’ childbearing behaviour. However, first birth risks for female students in all age groups are clearly related to earnings, indicating that low fertility of students is, to some degree, a matter of economic constraints.
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- Andersson, Gunnar
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Selectivity in higher-order childbearing in Sweden
- 2008
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In: Finnish Yearbook of Population Research. - 1796-6183. ; XLIII, s. 33-40
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this note, we present relative risks of giving birth for mothers with different numbers of children. We use Swedish register data and study the propensity to continue the childbearing beyond child number two. We pay special attention to births of those higher orders that are studied only rarely in conventional demographic analyses. As the parity increases to higher numbers, we expect to find some kind of selection so that the group of mothers increasingly consists of very birth prone women. For births after a fourth child, we indeed find such an effect in that the relative risk of giving birth to an additional child then increases with the birth order. In our intensity-regression models, we also check whether this selection effect of increasing birth risks can be picked up by the inclusion of a specific factor for unobserved heterogeneity in the mothers’ propensity to give birth. We find that the positive gradient in the propensity to give birth indeed disappears when such a factor is included into our model.
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- Andersson, Gunnar, 1962-, et al.
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Trends in Childbearing and Nuptiality in Sweden : An Update with Data up to 2007
- 2011
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In: Finnish Yearbook of Population Research. - Helsinki : The Population Research Institute. - 1796-6183. ; XLVI, s. 21-29
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We present an update of the main features of recent trends in vital family-demographic behavior in Sweden. For this purpose, time series of relative risks of childbearing, marriage, and divorce by calendar year are updated with another five years of observation added to previously published series. We demonstrate that fertility in Sweden continued its upward trend during much of the first decade of the 21st century. The rise pertains to all birth orders. It is driven by the halt in postponement of first childbearing at the younger ages and the continued fertility recuperation at higher ages. Marriage propensities increased as well, reversing a decades-long trend of decreasing marriage rates. The trend reversal comprises first marriages and remarriages alike. Interestingly, the increased popularity of marriage and childbearing is accompanied with a slight decline in divorce risks during the first decade of the new century.
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