Tapani Valkonen
Jenni Blomgren
Timo M. Kauppinen
Pekka Martikainen
Elina Mäenpää

http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol19/61/

doi:10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.61

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Abstract
The article studies to what extent regional socioeconomic and cultural characteristics explain spatial patterns in the Second Demographic Transition in Finland. The country’s 75 functional regions are used as area units. A summary indicator of the transition based on divorce and cohabitation is used as the dependent variable. The results show that the spatial pattern is mainly determined according to the regional level of urbanization, but the effect is mediated by cultural characteristics (secularization and support for the socialist and green parties). The cultural characteristics have only a modest independent effect.

Author's affiliation
Tapani Valkonen
University of Helsinki, Finland
Jenni Blomgren
National Public Health Institute, Finland
Timo M. Kauppinen
National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Helsinki, Finland
Pekka Martikainen
University of Helsinki, Finland
Elina Mäenpää
University of Helsinki, Finland

Keywords
cohabitation, cultural factors, divorce rate, regional differences, second demographic transition, socioeconomic factors

Word count (Main text)
3958

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