Volume 8 - Article 1 | Pages 1–30
Who marries whom? Educational homogamy in Norway
| Date received: | 19 Jun 2001 |
| Date published: | 09 Jan 2003 |
| Word count: | 5634 |
| Keywords: | assortative mating, cohort analysis, homogamy, marriage |
| DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2003.8.1 |
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.
Author's Affiliation
Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund - Universitetet i Oslo, Norway
Johan Heldal - Statistisk sentralbyrå (Statistics Norway), Norway
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