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The aim of this chapter is to illustrate Biograph with data from the Netherlands Family and Fertility Survey of 1998 (Onderzoek Gezinsvorming 1998 or NLOG98). Statistics Netherlands organised the survey for information on partnerships, marriage and family. In this chapter Biograph is used to study pathways to first birth. What life paths do women in the Netherlands follow between leaving parental home and motherhood? Some leave the parental home for marriage and have a child soon after marriage. Most women have a different pathway, however. The trajectory women follow determines to a large extent the age at which they become a mother. Differences in pathways can be associated with background characteristics. Three covariates are considered: religious denomination (kerk), level of education (educ) and birth cohort (cohort).
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Willekens, F. (2014). Application to the Netherlands Family and Fertility Survey. In: Multistate Analysis of Life Histories with R. Use R!. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08383-4_8
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