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Family Complexity and Parents’ Migration: The Role of Repartnering and Distance to Non-Resident Children
Recent research suggests that the increasing complexity of family life could be a factor in declines in internal migration (long-distance moves within countries). As many separated parents continue to share childcare responsibilities or have visiting arrangements, their mobility is naturally constra...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8575730/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34786001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10680-021-09594-0 |
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author | van der Wiel, Roselinde Kooiman, Niels Mulder, Clara H. |
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description | Recent research suggests that the increasing complexity of family life could be a factor in declines in internal migration (long-distance moves within countries). As many separated parents continue to share childcare responsibilities or have visiting arrangements, their mobility is naturally constrained. However, the relationship between family complexity and individual migration behaviour has never been studied explicitly. We compare separated parents with parents in two-parent families in their likelihood of migrating within the Netherlands. We use detailed records of parents’ partnership status and children’s residential situation. An event-history analysis was performed using register-based population data (N = 442,412). We find that separated, single parents are more likely to migrate than those in two-parent families. The same is true for repartnered mothers, while repartnered fathers are about as likely to migrate as fathers in two-parent families. Separated parents’ migration behaviour depends on where their children live. Having non-resident children who live some distance away is associated with a much higher likelihood of migrating than having resident children or non-resident children who live nearby. Having both resident and non-resident children who live nearby—shared residence (i.e. joint physical custody) is likely common in this situation—is associated with a considerably lower likelihood of migrating than having resident children only. Based on our findings, one would expect family complexities stemming from parental separation to be associated with higher rather than lower levels of migration. However, potential future increases in the number of parents who share physical custody after separation might lead to lower migration levels. |
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spelling | pubmed-85757302021-11-15 Family Complexity and Parents’ Migration: The Role of Repartnering and Distance to Non-Resident Children van der Wiel, Roselinde Kooiman, Niels Mulder, Clara H. Eur J Popul Article Recent research suggests that the increasing complexity of family life could be a factor in declines in internal migration (long-distance moves within countries). As many separated parents continue to share childcare responsibilities or have visiting arrangements, their mobility is naturally constrained. However, the relationship between family complexity and individual migration behaviour has never been studied explicitly. We compare separated parents with parents in two-parent families in their likelihood of migrating within the Netherlands. We use detailed records of parents’ partnership status and children’s residential situation. An event-history analysis was performed using register-based population data (N = 442,412). We find that separated, single parents are more likely to migrate than those in two-parent families. The same is true for repartnered mothers, while repartnered fathers are about as likely to migrate as fathers in two-parent families. Separated parents’ migration behaviour depends on where their children live. Having non-resident children who live some distance away is associated with a much higher likelihood of migrating than having resident children or non-resident children who live nearby. Having both resident and non-resident children who live nearby—shared residence (i.e. joint physical custody) is likely common in this situation—is associated with a considerably lower likelihood of migrating than having resident children only. Based on our findings, one would expect family complexities stemming from parental separation to be associated with higher rather than lower levels of migration. However, potential future increases in the number of parents who share physical custody after separation might lead to lower migration levels. Springer Netherlands 2021-10-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8575730/ /pubmed/34786001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10680-021-09594-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article van der Wiel, Roselinde Kooiman, Niels Mulder, Clara H. Family Complexity and Parents’ Migration: The Role of Repartnering and Distance to Non-Resident Children |
title | Family Complexity and Parents’ Migration: The Role of Repartnering and Distance to Non-Resident Children |
title_full | Family Complexity and Parents’ Migration: The Role of Repartnering and Distance to Non-Resident Children |
title_fullStr | Family Complexity and Parents’ Migration: The Role of Repartnering and Distance to Non-Resident Children |
title_full_unstemmed | Family Complexity and Parents’ Migration: The Role of Repartnering and Distance to Non-Resident Children |
title_short | Family Complexity and Parents’ Migration: The Role of Repartnering and Distance to Non-Resident Children |
title_sort | family complexity and parents’ migration: the role of repartnering and distance to non-resident children |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8575730/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34786001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10680-021-09594-0 |
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