In 🇫🇮, young adults are increasingly separating from their first co-residential partner before the couple has any children. On the other hand, more people are having children in their second or subsequent co-residential union.
#Fertility@Linus_Andrsson
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@MoreBirths Finnish admin data on CFR corroborate the marriages->childbearing argument, but problematize the one-single-spouse->childbearing argument: Re-married men & women have higher fertility than baseline (single intact marriage) by age 46. @lymanstoneky@FamStudies@ReadDemography
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“The Swedish Kinship Universe”: @MartinKolk@Linus_Andrsson Emma Pettersson & @DrefahlSven conducted “a full assessment of kinship links in contemporary Sweden," finding the greatest variance for cousins & grandchildren." @SUDA_Sthlm@Framtidsstudier
https://t.co/FuiFeAutci
Read the full paper written by @Linus_Andrsson, Emma Petterson, @DrefahlSven, where we present many more results than those shown here, and discuss exactly how we derived these findings.
https://t.co/srEmXfWG0o
In our new paper in @ReadDemography we count all observable kinship relations in contemporary Sweden using register data. We use linked parent-child records to estimate counts of kin such as cousins, grandparents, and grandparents.
https://t.co/srEmXfWG0o (open access)
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In @HallstenMartin and my new paper we find 7 generations of inequality persistence (or social mobility) in education, wealth, and occupation. We use data from 18th-century northern Sweden until today in our new study in American Journal of Sociology.
https://t.co/HyMODY13ae
Role of Gender Differences in Partnering & Re-partnering for Completed Fertility [Finland]: "Men have marginally higher re-partnering rates at older ages, when birth rates are low, whereas women have higher rates of repartnering at prime childbearing ages" https://t.co/fLqy44tMP1
"Exciting Fertility Data in the United States" is a session open for #PAA2023 attendees interested in fertility & admin data. Wed, April 12, at 10 am. No pre-registration required. Welcome!
@SUDA_Sthlm@FLUX_Consortium
I am looking for a postdoc to work on topics related to kinship and demography. The position is for three years and offers a competitive salary, not to mention access to the great @MPIDRnews community! Could this be you? Apply by May 15! Or get in touch if you have questions 👇
New study published about period trends in union (cohabitation and marriage) prevalence, entries, an exits by educational level for men and women in Finland. Authors @MarikaJalovaara & @Linus_Andrsson
👉https://t.co/YCqNWZjvek
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