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Social class and fertility: A long-run analysis of Southern Sweden, 1922–2015.
- Source :
- Population Studies; Nov 2021, Vol. 75 Issue 3, p305-323, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This paper examines social class differences in fertility, using longitudinal micro-level data for a regional sample in Sweden, 1922–2015. Using discrete-time event history models, we estimated the association between social class and parity-specific duration to next birth, adjusting for household income in separate models. Social class was associated with fertility quite independently from income and the association was both parity-dependent and sex-specific. For transitions to parenthood, higher class position was associated with higher fertility for men and lower fertility for women before 1970, but then converged into a positive association for both sexes after 1990. For continued childbearing, a weak U-shaped relationship before 1947 turned into a positive relationship for second births and a negative relationship for higher-order births in the period after 1990. These patterns likely reflect broader changes in work–family compatibility and are connected to profound shifts in labour markets and institutional arrangements in twentieth-century Sweden. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SOCIAL classes
REGIONAL differences
FERTILITY
HUMAN fertility
CLASS differences
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00324728
- Volume :
- 75
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Population Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 152933894
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2020.1810746