Socialization and Residence

Ethnic Return Migrants in Estonia

Bibliographic Data

ID4138949
AuthorsHill Kulu (0000-0002-7936-8259, University of Tartu, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume34
Issue2
Pages289-316
Publication date2002-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a34162a
OpenAlexW2048705315
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited41

In this paper I study the choice of residence of ethnic Estonians from the Soviet Union in Estonia. The aim is to clarify the extent to which the differences in the current residence of ethnic return migrants stem from their childhood growth environment. First, the groups of foreign-born Estonians are compared based on 1989 Soviet census data. The ethnic return migrants' place of residence is significantly related to their level of education and language skills: two variables corresponding to their previous residence, migration experience, and generational belonging. Second, the survey data are used to measure how closely the return migrants' current level of education and language skills correspond to their early socialization environment. The parents' level of education and the language of childhood significantly impact upon the level of education and language skills that return migrants have today. However, the current differences in the level of education and language skills have also been influenced by their life environment in Estonia. Yet, even when the influence of the current life environment on these variables has been eliminated, the levels of education and language skills appear to be an important source of the differences in residence. Thus, the research supports the idea that an individual's earlier socialization environment has a critical impact on their choice of residence

Census · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economics · Ethnic group · Geography · Population · Residence · Socialization · Sociology · Demography · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Psychology · Rural development and sustainability · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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