Which Highly Educated People Partner Together? Exploring Status Inequalities in Assortative Mating Among the Highly Educated in Sweden.
This study examines the association between status and the probability of forming a homogamous childbearing or marital union among college graduates. It forms part of a broader inquiry into educational homogamy and hypogamy following the expansion of higher education and the shift from female under-...
| Published in: | Population (1634-2941) Vol. 79; no. 4; pp. 459 - 505 |
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Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques
2024
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