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Description

This work features an in-depth quantitative and qualitative set of studies on family issues in early adulthood among young adults born in Sweden of Swedish, Polish, and Turkish origins. The results are analyzed to explore the educational attainment of Swedish young adults of different origins, their transitions to marriage and cohabitation, inter-ethnic partnering, and the balance between work and family.

The quantitative analyses are further enhanced by anthropologists' examinations of transitions to adulthood by young men and women. These analyses add depth to the survey findings, and are the basis for creating a new understanding of the diversity among these communities in Sweden. This integrated volume represents the work of an interdisciplinary team of demographers, sociologists, and anthropologists whose findings are compared to immigration and family transitions in Sweden, Norway, and other similar communities throughout Europe.

Table of Contents

Part 1 List of Figures
Part 2 List of Tables
Part 3 Preface
Chapter 4 Immigration, Gender, and Family Transition to Adulthood in Sweden
Chapter 5 Studying Family Transitions to Adulthood
Part 6 Part II
Chapter 7 Educational Attainment in Context
Chapter 8 Marriage and Cohabitation
Chapter 9 Outpartnering and Integration: Attitutdes and Behavior of Young Adults in Sweden
Chapter 10 Gender and Work-Family Balance
Chapter 11 Experiencing the Transition to Adulthood: Young Adults of Polish Origins
Chapter 12 The Transition to Adulthood among Turkish Families in Sweden
Chapter 13 Immigrants in Norway and Sweden in Family Context
Chapter 14 Transitions to Adulthood: How Unique is Sweden in the European Context?
Chapter 15 What Have We Learned and What Is Next? Comparing Family Transitions to Adulthood in Sweden
Part 16 References
Part 17 Authors and Contributors
Part 18 Index

Product details

Published Oct 31 2006
Format Flexiback
Edition 1st
Extent 272
ISBN 9780761835707
Imprint University Press of America
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Eva Bernhardt

Anthology Editor

Calvin Goldscheider

Anthology Editor

Frances Goldscheider

Anthology Editor

Gunilla Bjerén

Contributor

Lisa DiCarlo

Contributor

Lars Ösby

Contributor

Benedicte Lie

Contributor

Aart Liefbroer

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