Demographic trends in Sweden

In the present note, we present the main features of recent trends in vital family-demographic behavior in Sweden. For this purpose, published indices of marriage, divorce, and childbearing risks by calendar year are updated by adding another two or three years of observation to our series. We demon...

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Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2004-08-01
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description In the present note, we present the main features of recent trends in vital family-demographic behavior in Sweden. For this purpose, published indices of marriage, divorce, and childbearing risks by calendar year are updated by adding another two or three years of observation to our series. We demonstrate that the latest trend reversal in Swedish birth rates, which occurred at the end of the 1990s, continued to manifest itself in increasing propensities for childbearing during the early years of the 21st century. The rise pertains to all birth orders. Marriage propensities showed an increase as well, however, to a large extent expressed in a short-term development that was prevalent at the turn of the millennium. The previous long-term trend of rising divorce risks leveled off during the first two years of the new century.
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spelling doaj.art-5c8093ee26894db4bdcf416a13c1ec4a2022-12-22T01:23:08ZengMax Planck Institute for Demographic ResearchDemographic Research1435-98712004-08-01114Demographic trends in SwedenIn the present note, we present the main features of recent trends in vital family-demographic behavior in Sweden. For this purpose, published indices of marriage, divorce, and childbearing risks by calendar year are updated by adding another two or three years of observation to our series. We demonstrate that the latest trend reversal in Swedish birth rates, which occurred at the end of the 1990s, continued to manifest itself in increasing propensities for childbearing during the early years of the 21st century. The rise pertains to all birth orders. Marriage propensities showed an increase as well, however, to a large extent expressed in a short-term development that was prevalent at the turn of the millennium. The previous long-term trend of rising divorce risks leveled off during the first two years of the new century.http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol11/4/fertilitynuptialitySweden
spellingShingle Demographic trends in Sweden
Demographic Research
fertility
nuptiality
Sweden
title Demographic trends in Sweden
title_full Demographic trends in Sweden
title_fullStr Demographic trends in Sweden
title_full_unstemmed Demographic trends in Sweden
title_short Demographic trends in Sweden
title_sort demographic trends in sweden
topic fertility
nuptiality
Sweden
url http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol11/4/