Illegitimacy and Lone-Parenthood in XIXth Century Sweden

The article analyses illegitimate births as a life course phenomenon for women in the Sundsvall region in northern Sweden during the nineteenth century. In the middle of the century 9% of all children were born out of wedlock in Sweden. By the end of the nineteenth century their numbers had increase...

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Published in:Annales de démographie historique
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PERSEE 1999
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Online Access:http://www.persee.fr/doc/adh_0066-2062_1999_num_1998_2_1938
https://doi.org/10.3406/adh.1999.1938