Local Ties and Family Migration

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4973244
AutoresClara H Mulder (0000-0003-0152-2225, University of Groningen, autor de correspondencia), Gunnar Malmberg (0000-0003-0531-2743, Umeå University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen46
Número9
Páginas2195-2211
Fecha de publicación2014-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a130160p
OpenAlexW2146216334
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas74
Referencias citadas48

The migration of couples and families has thus far been approached mainly from human-capital and gender perspectives. In this paper, we investigate how the male and female partner's local ties influence the likelihood of family migration. Our hypotheses are that local ties to work and family strongly decrease the likelihood of migrating; that, given the dominating gender structures, ties to the man's work are more influential than ties to the woman's work; and that ties to the woman's family are more influential than ties to the man's family. We used data from the ASTRID microdatabase for Sweden, based on administrative information about the entire Swedish population. Logistic regression analysis was applied to moves that exceeded a distance of 50 km for two-gender couples who did not separate in the period December 2004-December 2005. With regard to the likelihood of migrating, we find marked negative associations in the following: working close to home, the presence of parents and siblings nearby, and whether someone lives near the place of birth. The man's ties to work seem to be more important to the likelihood of migrating than the woman's, but we find hardly any gender differences in the impact of ties to family

Demographic economics · Economics · Family ties · Genealogy · Interpersonal ties · Logistic regression · Population · Sociology · Strong ties · Demography · History · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies