Excess suicide rate among same-sex married is decreasing in the Nordic countries

People who enter a same-sex marriage have higher suicide rates. But since same-sex marriage was legalized, suicide rate decreased more rapidly among people in same-sex marriages.

New study in Demography

"What I learned is highly valued in academia and the sphere of international development"

Ignacio Carrasco studied our two-year Multidisciplinary Master's Programme in Demography. He is now enrolled in a PhD programme at Pompeu Fabra University, after having worked at the UN-ECLAC in Chile for several years.

Why are birth rates in Sweden falling?

Fewer and fewer children are being born in Sweden, while the average age of first-time mothers is rising.

How can this development be explained?

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Working paper series: Stockholm Research Reports in Demography 2019-11-15
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Excess suicide rate among same-sex married is decreasing in the Nordic countries 2019-11-15
"The Master's Programme in Demography gave me the tools to find data, analyze and draw conclusions" 2019-11-05

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