Journal Article

Demographic trends in Sweden: childbearing developments in 1961-1999, marriage and divorce developments in 1971-1999

Andersson, G., Liu, G.
Demographic Research, 5:3, 65–78 (2001)

Abstract

In the present note, we display the main features of recent trends in family-demographic behavior in Sweden. We update previously published indexes of marriage, divorce, and childbearing risks by calendar year in order to cover the developments up to 1999, adding another two years of observation to our series.
Keywords: Sweden, divorce
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