Educational Gradients in Divorce Risks in Sweden in Recent Decades

Hoem, Jan M.

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“…Over time, divorce became more common, and this 'innovation' trickled down to the lower classes. Goode's thesis has rarely been tested before, although work by Hoem on Sweden has also pointed in this direction (Hoem, 1997). Our findings are in line with those of Hoem, except that we find a clearer positive educational effect in the early period.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…In one of the more comprehensive analyses of trends, Teachman (2002) Hoem (1997). Using Swedish register data and comparing birth cohorts of married women between 1944 and 1964, Hoem finds that in the 'low'-divorce era, educational groups did not differ in their risk of divorce (Hoem, 1997). Trends occurred in all educational categories, but the trend was stronger in the lower educational categories, causing an increase in the effect of education on the risk of divorce.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…We first discuss some results for the United States. In one of the more comprehensive analyses of trends, Teachman (2002) Hoem (1997). Using Swedish register data and comparing birth cohorts of married women between 1944 and 1964, Hoem finds that in the 'low'-divorce era, educational groups did not differ in their risk of divorce (Hoem, 1997).…”

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confidence: 99%

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“…This contrasts with the earlier marriage among the daughters of wealthier men in historical Sweden 49,50 . It also contrasts with more recent trends in from Sweden and elsewhere, whereby women of higher education are more likely to intend to get married, to get married and to stay married [51][52][53][54] . This cohort also belongs to a generation which was unusual in the rarity of unmarried cohabitation.…”

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Social and biological determinants of reproductive success in Swedish males and females born 1915–1929

Goodman

Koupil

2009

Evolution and Human Behavior

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Studying biological and social determinants of mortality and fertility provides insight into selective pressures in a population and the possibility of trade-offs between short-and long-term reproductive success. Limited data is available from post-demographic transition populations. We studied determinants of reproductive success using multi-generational data from a large, population-based cohort of 13 666 individuals born in Sweden between 1915 and 1929. We studied the effects of birthweight for gestational age, preterm birth, birth multiplicity, birth order, mother's age, mother's marital status and family socio-economic position upon reproductive success, measured as total number of children and grandchildren. We further tested the hypothesis that number of grandchildren would peak at intermediate family size, as predicted by some life history explanations for fertility limitation.Reproductive success was associated with both social and biological characteristics at birth. In both sexes, a higher birthweight for gestational age, a term birth and a younger mother were independently associated with a greater number of descendants. A married mother and higher family socio-economic position were also associated a greater number of descendants in males (but not females), while in females (but not males) higher birth order was associated with higher reproductive success. These effects were mediated by sex-specific effects upon the probability of marriage. Marriage was also affected by other early life characteristics including birthweight, indicating how 'biological' characteristics may operate via social pathways.Number of grandchildren increased with increasing number of children in both sexes, providing no evidence for a trade-off between quantity of offspring and their subsequent reproductive 'quality'.

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“…A positive relationship between educational attainment and divorce risk was found, for example, for the United States by Ono (1998) and for the Netherlands by Poortman and Kalmijn (2002). However, most of the research on this topic suggests a negative association for the Nordic countries (Kravdal and Noack 1989;Hoem 1997;Jalovaara 2001Jalovaara , 2003Lyngstad 2004). A negative association was also observed in Italy (De Rose 1992).…”

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Rising marital disruption in Italy and its correlates

Vignoli

Ferro

2009

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Educational Gradients in Divorce Risks in Sweden in Recent Decades

Cited by 109 publications

References 6 publications

Change and Stability in the Social Determinants of Divorce: A Comparison of Marriage Cohorts in the Netherlands

Change and Stability in the Social Determinants of Divorce: A Comparison of Marriage Cohorts in the Netherlands

Social and biological determinants of reproductive success in Swedish males and females born 1915–1929

Rising marital disruption in Italy and its correlates

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