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Appendix 2: List of all identified life events across all countries Country Reports on Life Events

Based on the preliminary desk research on life events a list of all identified life events across all 11 countries has been generated. The list is presented below and followed by country reports on Life Events.
Table 2 List of All Identified Life Events
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Greenland
  • Moving (general, abroad, to Denmark)​
  • Starting education​
  • Starting a new job​
  • Starting a business​
  • Unemployment​
  • Becoming a parent (digital pregnancy solution, becoming a parent to a teenager)​
  • Divorce or separation​
  • Pension​
  • Illness (proxy for public services)​
  • Death​
  • Driver’s license
  • Marriage​
  • Divorce​
  • Military service​
  • Education (including National Defence Education)​
  • Moving to Estonia​
  • Working in Estonia (starting or running a business in Estonia)​
  • Working abroad​
  • Becoming a parent (pregnancy planning, pregnancy, having a baby)​
  • Losing a loved one​
  • Illness​
  • Unemployment​
  • Pension​
  • Elder care
  • Starting a business
  • Unemployment​
  • Moving to Finland​
  • Moving abroad​
  • Becoming a parent (first-time parent)​
  • Coming of age (education, driving, starting work, military service, first home)​
  • Marriage​
  • Divorce​
  • Pension​
  • Illness (proxy for public services administration)​
  • Death (family member’s death)​
  • Prison (entry and release)
  • Unemployment​
  • Moving (including overseas relocation)​
  • Overseas travel​
  • Becoming a parent (pregnancy, school-age children)​
  • Baptism​
  • Confirmation​
  • Marriage​
  • Funeral​
  • Studying​
  • Hunting, fishing, and gathering (fishing permits, hunting licenses, import/export of firearms)​
  • Pension (including early retirement)​
  • Illness
Iceland
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
  • Having a child​
  • Starting a business​
  • Retirement​
  • Moving (including moving to Iceland)​
  • Entering the job market (unions, pension companies, leave)​
  • Studying​
  • Losing a loved one​
  • Transport (vehicle ownership, driver’s license)​
  • Illness​
  • Old age (care)
  • Starting agriculture​
  • Birth​
  • Death (funeral)​
  • Marriage /Divorce​
  • Starting and closing a business​
  • Building a home​
  • Moving ​
  • Illness/accident​
  • Having a child​
  • Inheritance​
  • Real estate sale/purchase​
  • Pension​
  • Studying in Latvia​
  • (Un)employment​
  • Homeownership​
  • Living abroad as a Latvian citizen
  • Birth​
  • Losing or getting a job​
  • Starting education​
  • Getting a driver’s license​
  • Starting agriculture​
  • Starting a business​
  • Unemployment​
  • Disability procedure​
  • Moving ​
  • Pension​
  • Marriage​
  • Death​
  • Economic hardship​
  • Building a house​
  • Buying a home​
  • Illness​
  • Death
  • Pregnancy​
  • Birth​
  • Illness (self and as a relative, or requiring care)​
  • Unemployment​
  • Starting a new job​
  • Starting a business or volunteer organization​
  • Moving to Norway​
  • Working in Norway (recognition of foreign qualifications for EU/EEA citizens)​
  • Student life​
  • Pension​
  • Death and inheritance
Sweden
The Faroe Islands
Åland
  • Parenthood (pregnancy, birth, becoming a parent)​
  • Illness​
  • Receiving care (based on status: Swedish, foreign-Swedish, asylum seeker, visitor)​
  • Entrepreneurship (starting a business in Sweden)​
  • Moving to Sweden (working in Sweden)​
  • Moving abroad​
  • Studying in Sweden​
  • Moving from Sweden (refugees can receive a repatriation grant)
  • Studying​
  • Starting a business​
  • Marriage​
  • Moving​
  • Becoming a parent​
  • Illness​
  • Pension​
  • Death (inheritance)​
  • Family trees/genealogy
  • Birth and family services​
  • Education and learning​
  • Health and well-being​
  • Starting and running a business​
  • Retirement and eldercare​
  • Working life and unemployment​
  • Illness (proxy for public services administration)​
  • Accommodation and construction​
  • Moving