Ari Klængur JónssonThe Icelandic Center of Equality, Health and Demography. arijonsson(at)hi.is

The Icelandic Center of Equality, Health and Demography. arijonsson(at)hi.is
What becomes of marriage when non-marital childbearing is the norm?
Quel avenir pour le mariage lorsque les naissances hors mariage deviennent la norme ?
Ari Klængur Jónsson

Nowhere in Europe is the share of births out of marriage larger than in Iceland. Nevertheless, most Icelanders marry. In this article Ari Klængur Jónsson argues that even though the link between marriage and childbearing appears tenuous,
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The Icelandic Saga. Fertility in the midst of delayed family formation
Islande : une fécondité élevée malgré le recul de l’âge à la maternité
Ari Klængur Jónsson

In European demography, Iceland has been an outlier until recently, with a fertility rate well above that of most countries on the continent. Between 1982 and 2014, the Icelandic total period fertility rate (TFR) ranged between 1.9 and 2.3 children per woman (Figure 1).
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