Browsing Statistisk sentralbyrå by Subject "Marriage"

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    • Crime and the transition to marriage. The roles of gender and partner’s criminal involvement 

      Monsbakken, Christian Weisæth; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde; Skarðhamar, Torbjørn (Discussion Papers;No. 678, Working paper, 2012)
      Several previous studies have argued that marriage leads to a decline in criminal propensity. Most of these studies have focused on men and have given little attention to the characteristics of their partner and events ...

    • Marriage before children? First family formation among the children of immigrants in Norway 

      Holland, Jennifer A.; Wiik, Kenneth Aarskaug (Discussion Paper;No. 973, Working paper, 2021-12)
      Differences in the timing and pathway into family life provide insights into the social distance between majority and immigrant-background groups. Increasing similarity in these processes across immigrant generations may ...

    • Origin and residential influences on the first partnership choices of the children of immigrants in Norway 

      Wiik, Kenneth Aarskaug; Holland, Jennifer A. (Discussion Paper;No. 968, Working paper, 2021-11)
      Using Norwegian register data on migrant-background individuals born 1985 to 2001 who were either native born or who immigrated as children or teens, in combination with data from the World Marriage Database, we investigate ...

    • Parenthood and Couples’ Relative Earnings in Norway 

      Bergsvik, Janna; Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Wiik, Kenneth Aarskaug (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      With the advance of the gender revolution, income dynamics in couples are changing. Nonetheless, in most Western societies, parenthood still promotes specialized gender roles. Utilizing Norwegian register data on all married ...

    • Relationship quality in Europe 

      Wiik, Kenneth Aarskaug; Lappegård, Trude; Keizer, Renske (Discussion Papers;633, Working paper, 2010)
      In this study, we utilize data from the first wave of the Generations and Gender Surveys to investigate relationship quality among currently married and cohabiting individuals aged 18 to 55 (N = 41, 666) in eight European ...

    • Type, number, and incidence : recent patterns and differentials in relationship careers in Norway 

      Wiik, Kenneth Aarskaug; Dommermuth, Lars (Discussion Papers;no. 650, Working paper, 2011)
      Abstract: Using data on individuals born 1946 to 1972 from the Norwegian Generations and Gender Survey (N = 7,587) we examine differentials in the number and incidence of co-residential relationships by gender and ...