title: Period and cohort effects on divorce rates.
abstract: The author analyzes the demographic dimensions of divorce.  A model is developed to estimate "the isolated effects of marriage duration, marriage cohort, and divorce period...on divorce probabilities over time [using data for Austria, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland].... Crude divorce rates (divorces per 1,000 married couples) in the six countries for the period 1946-1984 are reviewed, followed by a very brief review of some of the literature on period and cohort effects in general, and divorce in particular.  The [second] section describes the data. The third section presents and discusses the results."
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D003718:Denmark; D019049:Developed Countries; D004243:Divorce; D005060:Europe; D005387:Finland; D008393:Marriage; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009426:Netherlands; D012106:Research; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D013548:Sweden; D013557:Switzerland
keywords: Austria; Comparative Studies; Denmark; Developed Countries; Divorce; Europe; Finland; Marriage; Marriage Duration; Models, Theoretical; Netherlands; Northern Europe; Nuptiality; Research Methodology; Scandinavia; Studies; Sweden; Switzerland; Western Europe