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Understanding nonmarital childbearing Koops, J.C.
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10.33612/diss.122182975
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Koops, J. C. (2020). Understanding nonmarital childbearing: the role of socio-economic background and ethnicity in Europe and North-America. University of Groningen. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.122182975
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Understanding nonmarital
childbearing
The role of socio-economic background
and ethnicity in Europe and North-America
Colofon
This dissertation is part of and financed by the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013) (number 324178) Project: Context of Opportunity (CONOPP) awarded to Aart C. Liefbroer). For more information, please visit www.conopp.com.
The author gratefully acknowledges the financial support for printing this dissertation by the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI/KNAW/RUG), the University of Groningen, the University Medical Center Groningen, and Research Institute SHARE.
ISBN: 978-94-034-2547-4 (printed book) ISBN: 978-94-034-2546-7 (digital version) Copyright © Judith C. Koops, 2020
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Understanding
nonmarital childbearing
The role of socio-economic background
and ethnicity in Europe and North-America
PhD thesis
to obtain the degree of PhD at the University of Groningen
on the authority of the
Rector Magnificus Prof. C. Wijmenga and in accordance with
the decision by the College of Deans. This thesis will be defended in public on
Monday 25 May 2020 at 16.15 hours
by
Judith Christel Koops
born on 2 June 1986 in Smilde
Supervisors
Prof. A.C. Liefbroer Prof. A.H. Gauthier
Assessment Committee
Prof. C.H. Mulder Prof. R. Keizer Prof. T. Lappegård
Table of contents
1. Synthesis ... 7
1.1. Introduction ... 9
1.2. Background ... 14
1.3. Outline of the Dissertation ... 28
1.4. Data and Method ... 28
1.5. Summary of each chapter ... 30
1.6. Discussion ... 34
1.7. Limitations and Future Directions ... 41
1.8. Conclusion and Societal Implications ... 43
2. Parental educational differences in partnership status at first birth in Europe and North-America ... 49
2.1. Introduction ... 51
2.2. Background ... 52
2.3. Data and Method ... 57
2.4. Results ... 61
2.5. Discussion ... 70
3. Explaining cross-national variation of parental educational differences in having a first birth while cohabiting ... 75
3.1. Introduction ... 77
3.2. Background ... 79
3.3. Data and Method ... 83
3.4. Results ... 89
3.5. Discussion ... 98
3.6. Supplementary Material ... 103
4. Explaining cross-national variation of parental educational differences in having a first birth while being single ... 107
4.1. Introduction ... 109
4.2. Background ... 112
4.3. Data and Method ... 116
4.4. Results ... 120
4.5. Discussion ... 126
5. Ethnic differences in partnership status at first birth in the UK ... 139
5.1. Introduction ... 141
5.2. Background ... 142
5.3. Data and Method ... 147
5.4. Results ... 150
5.5. Discussion ... 159
5.6. Supplementary Material ... 163
References ... 173
Research Institute SHARE ... 187
Samenvatting (Summary) ... 189
Dankwoord (Acknowledgment) ... 197
