TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dribe, Martin
A1  - Stanfors, Maria
T1  - Family life in power couples.: Continued childbearing and union stability among the educational elite in Sweden, 1991–2005
Y1  - 2010/11/02
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 847
EP  - 878
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.30
VL  - 23
IS  - 30
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol23/30/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol23/30/23-30.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol23/30/23-30.pdf
N2  - This article studies continued childbearing and union stability among "power couples," or dual-career couples. The determinants of these events are analysed multivariately using longitudinal data on couples from population registers in Sweden, 1991–2005. Power couples are identified using their levels and fields of education, and their sectors of employment. Income and other variables are controlled for. The results show that power couples are more likely to continue childbearing, and are less likely to separate, than other couples. This implies that, despite the expected higher opportunity costs of childbearing and the small gains to specialisation, power couples who start families are able to combine career and continued childbearing.

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