Eager to Leave? Intentions to Migrate Abroad among Young People in Kyrgyzstan

Agadjanian, Victor; Nedoluzhko, Lesia; Kumskov, Gennady

doi:10.1111/j.1747-7379.2008.00140.x

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“…However, there is some evidence to suggest the opposite*that Russian and other Europeans have been more likely to migrate as a family unit after marriage. In Kyrgyzstan, for instance, Agadjanian et al (forthcoming 2008b) find that for Europeans, migration intentions were more pronounced among those in marital unions, net of other factors.…”

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Nuptiality in Soviet and Post-Soviet Central Asia

Dommaraju¹,

Agadjanian²

2008

Asian Population Studies

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over two decades preceding and one decade following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, using census and Demographic Health Survey data. Although marriage remained universal through the end of that period, marriage age increased, and for younger cohorts, marriage rates declined considerably. Marriage age began to increase in the years following independence and there are no signs of any reversal. Within these countries marriage rates showed significant variation by educational achievement, and a much smaller variation by ruralÁ urban residence. In Kazakhstan, ethnic differences in marriage age*Russians marrying earlier than the native Kazakhs*began to narrow. During the years of social, political and economic turmoil that preceded and followed independence, marriage rates increased dramatically followed by a steep decline in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan but not in Kazakhstan. Explanations of these trends are proposed based on the literature on demographic adjustments to social crises and the specifics of Central Asia's historico-cultural and socio-economic contexts.

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Nuptiality in Soviet and Post-Soviet Central Asia

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Agadjanian²

2008

Asian Population Studies

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“…And yet, other more recent studies of intended future migration among students suggest that men are relatively more numerous (Cairns & Smyth, ), possibly because of family and other social constraints (Van Mol, ). There is agreement, however, that the likelihood of migration decreases with age (Epstein & Gang, ; Otrachshenko & Popova, ; Van Mol, ), marriage (Gubhaju & De Jong, ; Otrachshenko & Popova, ), and childbearing (Agadjanian, Nedoluzhko, & Kumskov, ; Hadler, ), although how these categorisations vary within the young‐adult group is less well‐documented. Previous experience of living abroad is another important factor that is associated with higher rates of mobility (Fassmann & Hintermann, : 66; Epstein & Gang, ; Tabor et al, ).…”

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The migration intentions of young adults in Europe: A comparative, multilevel analysis

Williams

Jephote

Janta

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Population Space and Place

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Research on migration intentions is relatively fragmented, traditionally drawing conclusions from relatively small survey samples, focussing on individual countries, or relying on public opinion polls which provide very few explanatory variables. This paper addresses these limitations by developing a multilevel model of an extensive range of macro, meso, and microdeterminants of migration intentions across different time frames. The paper utilises an online panel survey of 20,473 non-student respondents aged 16-35 from nine European Union countries. Ordinal multilevel modelling, with post-stratification weighting, is used to determine the key drivers of, and barriers to, migration intentions in both a pan-European model and nine separate nationalscale models. The findings confirm the significance of macro, meso, and micro factors. Although socio-economic factors emerge as powerful explanatory factors, non-pecuniary factors are also important, including sensation seeking. There are broad similarities in the findings across the separate national-level models but also differences in the relative importance of socio-economic, gender, and personality factors. Migration intentions were highly dependent on the decisionmaking time frame: 17% of respondents over 1 year, but 30% over 5 years, are likely to migrate or to have made firm plans to migrate. The rank ordering of the countries challenges the notion of there being a simple differentiation between the newer and older member states of the European Union.

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“…The publicly available 1999 Census data do not provide sex composition by age for the main ethnic groups. However, while it is possible that these sex imbalances among Russians and other Europeans may have been partly due to sex differentials in mortality (Guillot 2004), it is also likely that at least a portion of these imbalances could be explained by disproportionate propensity of young European men to migrate abroad (Agadjanian et al 2008b).…”

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Culture, Modernization, and Politics: Ethnic Differences in Union Formation in Kyrgyzstan

Agadjanian

Dommaraju

2010

Eur J Population

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The unique cultural and political history of Central Asia has produced intriguing ethnic variations in union formation. We use data from a survey of 1,535 young adults conducted in 2005 in northern Kyrgyzstan to examine ethnic patterns of entry into marriage versus cohabitation. To reflect the historic-cultural and political realities of Kyrgyzstan, we subdivide ethnic Kyrgyz into two categories based on the degree of linguistic Russification-more-Russified Kyrgyz and less-Russified Kyrgyz-and compare them to each other and to respondents of European origin. The results of the multinomial discrete-time logit models show significant differences among the three groups. Thus, Europeans were most likely to enter cohabitation whereas less-Russified Kyrgyz were least likely to do so, net of other factors. The three groups were lined up in the converse order with respect to probability of entering marriage, but upon breakdown by gender this ordering was present only among women. In contrast, among men, more-Russified Kyrgyz were less likely to marry than both less-Russified Kyrgyz and Europeans. We interpret these findings in light of long-term historic-cultural and demographic distinctions as well as more recent politically induced cleavages in Kyrgyzstan.

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Eager to Leave? Intentions to Migrate Abroad among Young People in Kyrgyzstan

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Nuptiality in Soviet and Post-Soviet Central Asia

Nuptiality in Soviet and Post-Soviet Central Asia

The migration intentions of young adults in Europe: A comparative, multilevel analysis

Culture, Modernization, and Politics: Ethnic Differences in Union Formation in Kyrgyzstan

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