@article{Birkelund_8_1,
author = {Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth and Heldal, Johan},
title={{Who marries whom? Educational homogamy in Norway}},
journal = {Demographic Research},
volume = {8},
number = {1},
pages = {1--30},
doi = {10.4054/DemRes.2003.8.1},
year = {2003},
abstract = {A number of previous studies have documented a fairly high level of marital homogamy in Norway. Most of these studies, however, have been local and ethnographic, or based on national data measuring homogamy within a limited time period. 

This study is based on a sample of 129 651 individuals from the 1980 Census. From this data bank, a sample of couples is constructed. Patterns of educational homogamy across five ten-year cohorts, born between 1900 and 1949, are compared. The results show a decline in educational homogamy across these cohorts, both in absolute terms and when controlling for the general increase in educational level during the period.},
URL = {https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol8/1/},
eprint = {https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol8/1/8-1.pdf}
}