Education and childlessness: The relationship between educational field, educational level, and childlessness among Swedish women born in 1955-59

In this paper we extend the concept of educational attainment to cover the field of education taken in addition to the conventional level of education attained. Our empirical investigation uses register records containing childbearing and educational histories of an entire cohort of women born in Sw...

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Main Authors: Gerda Neyer, Gunnar Andersson, Jan M. Hoem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2006-05-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol14/15/