Understanding Divorce Trends and Risks

The Case of Norway 1886–2018

Bibliographic Data

ID6079874
AuthorsRune Zahl-Olsen (0000-0002-3747-4184, Sørlandet Sykehus, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume48
Issue1
Pages60-80
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/03631990221077008
OpenAlexW4211035966
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Divorces have become common, but reliable longer-run historical data with several years of follow-up are scarce. This study investigates divorce trends and divorce risk based on prospective data for all Norwegian different-sex marriages formed from 1886–2018, with yearly follow-up continuing until 60 years after the wedding (N = 2.7 million). First marriages and remarriages are investigated separately, as are marriages in rural and urban areas. The results indicate a general decline in divorce risk, but not in rural areas. The previously suggested impacts of age-at-marriage and remarriage on divorce risk are questioned

Demographic economics · Developed country · Economics · Geography · Historical demography · Norwegian · Political science · Population · Remarriage · Rural area · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law

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