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Twins or Two Single Children: The Influence of the Multiplicity of the First Birth on the Divorce Risk of Swedish Women


  Author: Rainer Walke
Publisher: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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Document Date:                  September 2001
Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
Related Categories:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce
Family Structure > Family Size
Family Structure > Household Characteristics
 

This paper compares the divorce risk of women who give birth to twins versus women who have two single births.  It finds that divorce risk is only modestly affected by having a twin birth.  However, it does highlight greater differences in risk between couples with and without children and between those with very young children and those with older children.

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