Abstrakti
Given that surprisingly little is known about the demography of human kinship, we provide a demographic account of the kinship networks of individuals in Sweden in 2017 across sex and cohort between ages 0 and 102. We used adminis-trative register data of the full population of Sweden to provide the first kinship enu-mer ation for a complete population based on empirical data. We created ego-focused kinship networks of children, parents, siblings, grandchildren, grandparents, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, and cousins. We show the average number of kin of dif-fer ent types, the distribution of the number of kin, and changes in dispersion over time. A large share of all kin of an individual are horizontal kin, such as cousins. We observe the highest number of kin—on average, roughly 20—around age 35. We show differences between matrilineal and patrilineal kin and differences in the kinship structure arising from fertility with more than one childbearing partner, such as half-siblings. The results demonstrate substantial variability in kinship within a population. We discuss our findings in the context of other methods to estimate kinship.
Alkuperäiskieli | Englanti |
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Sivut | 1359-1385 |
Sivumäärä | 27 |
Julkaisu | Demography |
Vuosikerta | 60 |
Numero | 5 |
DOI - pysyväislinkit | |
Tila | Julkaistu - 1 lokak. 2023 |
OKM-julkaisutyyppi | A1 Julkaistu artikkeli, soviteltu |
Rahoitus
Acknowledgments We are grateful for the financial support from the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life, and Welfare (FORTE, grants 2016-07115 and 2016-07099), the Swedish Scientific Council (grants 2019-02552 and 2022-02314), the Academy of Finland (grant 321264), and the Global Challenges Foundation grant “Sustainable population in the time of climate change.” We acknowledge helpful comments from Diego Alburez-Gutiérrez and Tom Emery, and from two anonymous reviewers.
Rahoittajat | Rahoittajan numero |
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Global Challenges Foundation | |
Academy of Finland | 321264 |
Swedish Research Council | 2022-02314, 2019-02552 |
Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare | 2016-07099, 2016-07115 |