Disparities in Children's Family Experiences by Mother's Socioeconomic Status: The Case of Finland.

ABSTRACT: A well-known argument claims that socioeconomic differentials in children's family structures have become increasingly important in shaping child outcomes and the resources available to children in developed societies. One assumption is that differentials are comparatively small in Nordic welfare states. Our study examines how children's experiences of family structures and family dynamics vary by their mother's educational attainment in Finland. Based on register data on the childbearing and union histories of women in Finland born from 1969 onwards, we provide life-table estimates of children's (N = 64,162) experiences of family dissolution, family formation, and family structure from ages 0-15 years, stratified by mother's education level at the child's birth. We find huge socioe

SUBMITTER: Jalovaara M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6267228 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature