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Contextual economic conditions and the event of entry into parenthood:first childbearing in Sweden 2000-2007
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology. (Demography)
2013 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

In a contemporary Europe symptomized by concurrent trends of economic and demographic transformation it is increasingly important to trace how individuals are navigate their everyday contexts when making major life course decisions.  Placed within an emerging tradition of sub-national demographic research, this study focuses on how municipal economic conditions affect entry into parenthood throughout Sweden.   Employing event-history analysis using individual and multi-level regression models on Swedish register data for the period 2000 to 2007 the study seek answers to whether growing regional economic disparities are conducive to a fault line between contexts in terms of how individuals enter parenthood.    Further it problematizes the measures traditionally used to model contextual economic conditions by introducing a measure of vulnerability as a covariate alongside traditional unemployment rates. The findings reveal that poor economic conditions, in combination with individual characteristics, distinctly affect entry into parenthood and are mostly composed of a timing-effect.  

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2013. , p. 54
Keywords [en]
Fertility, Entry into parenthood, First Childbearing, Contextual effects, Economic conditions, Vulnerability, Multilevel models
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Sociology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-92479OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-92479DiVA, id: diva2:639325
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Available from: 2013-09-06 Created: 2013-08-06 Last updated: 2013-09-06Bibliographically approved

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