TY  - JOUR
A1  - Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth
A1  - Heldal, Johan
T1  - Who marries whom? Educational homogamy in Norway
Y1  - 2003/01/09
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 1
EP  - 30
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2003.8.1
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol8/1/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol8/1/8-1.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol8/1/8-1.pdf
N2  - 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.

ER  -