Moving in or Breaking Up? The Role of Distance in the Development of Romantic Relationships

Krapf, Sandra

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“…This touches upon the problem with anticipatory analysis (Hoem and Kreyenfeld 2006), as we exclude couples who dissolved before marrying or having children, those that never marry or have children, as well as those that cohabited for more than 15 years before any of these events occurred. Family migration is associated with an increased risk of union dissolution (Boyle et al 2008), and LAT couples that live far apart are more likely to dissolve than LAT couples that live within an hour from another (Krapf 2017). Our study population may therefore underestimate the number of couples that live far from another prior to co-residence.…”

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“…A related but scarcely researched area focuses on the first move in a couple’s joint migration career, that is, the mobility which occurs when a couple starts their co-residential union. One recent study has examined the competing risks of living apart together (LAT)—couples to moving in together or to dissolve the union, finding that short-distance LAT couples have a higher likelihood to start co-residence than long-distance LAT couples (Krapf 2017), albeit it does not focus on the gendered aspect of such processes. Gender differences in the likelihood of moving and the distance moved when forming a co-residential union tend to have consequences for the partners’ future social and professional networks and careers, as well as for social ties (Løken et al 2013).…”

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Who Moves to Whom? Gender Differences in the Distance Moved to a Shared Residence

Brandén

Haandrikman

2018

Eur J Population

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Although the migration of couples and families is well examined, the migration that occurs at the start of co-residence has only been minimally studied. This study examines (1) whether women move more often and move over longer distances at the start of co-residence and (2) whether gender differences (if any) stem from compositional differences between women and men, such as gender differences in ties, or if they are the consequence of the within-couple distribution of bargaining power. The analyses are performed on Swedish population register data from 1991 to 2008, including longitudinal information on the residence of all couples who either married or had a child as cohabitants in 2008, backtracking them to the year of union formation. The results indicate that women are more prone to move for the sake of their male partner in the process of union formation than vice versa. If partners lived in close proximity prior to co-residence, the woman's increased likelihood of moving and longer distance moved is nearly completely explained by power imbalances in the couple. Gender differences in ties only have minor importance in explaining gender differences in these types of migration patterns. If partners lived far apart prior to co-residence, gender differences are particularly pronounced. These differences remain after adjusting for the two partners' relative resources. We contribute to the family migration literature by suggesting that women's higher propensity to move and their longer distance moved -018-9490-4 are indications that even couples' decisions at the start of co-residence are made in favour of the man's career.

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Who Moves to Whom? Gender Differences in the Distance Moved to a Shared Residence

Brandén

Haandrikman

2018

Eur J Population

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“…Conversely, having a living-apart-together (LAT) relationship in which the couple does not co-reside might enhance migration, because the individuals in the relationship might be more likely to migrate with the aim of moving in together (e.g. Krapf 2017 ). Partnership status is therefore operationalised through a variable with the categories single, LAT, and lives with partner .…”

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Geographic Proximity to Parents, Intergenerational Support Exchange, and Migration Within Germany

Hünteler

Mulder

2020

Eur J Population

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Previous research on internal migration has emphasised the importance of local ties to family members outside the household, and to parents in particular. Family members who live close to an individual's place of residence represent a form of local social capital that could make migrating costlier, and therefore less likely. This idea has been empirically supported. Yet, how family ties bind remains largely unexplained. We assume that intergenerational support is a manifestation of local social capital, and that spatial proximity is needed for support to be exchanged. Thus, we used mediation analysis that includes explicit measures of support exchanges between parents and their adult-children born in 1971-1973, 1981-1983, and 1991-1993 to explain the binding effect of living close to parents. Logistic regression models of migrating a distance of more than 40 km were conducted using eight waves of the German pairfam data. Living close to one's parents was indeed found to be negatively associated with the likelihood of migration, and part of this association could be explained through intergenerational support: the more the instrumental support an adult child exchanged with her/his parent, the less likely she/he was to migrate. Receiving emotional support from the parents was associated with an increase in migration propensity. Neither giving emotional help nor receiving help with childcare functioned as mediators. It thus appears that adult children are particularly likely to value the proximity of their parents when they are exchanging instrumental support, but that the emotional bond between adult children and their parents can often be maintained over longer distances.

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“…Only a handful of studies have analysed so-called living-apart-together (LAT) relationships. For example, research has analysed the correlates of whether LAT relationships will become cohabiting couples or end in separation in Germany (Krapf 2018;Schnor 2015;Wagner et al 2019) or the different dimensions of commitment in LAT relationships in the Netherlands (van der Wiel, Mulder, and Bailey 2018). However, these studies did not analyse the link between transitions among LAT couples and residential relocations or housing.…”

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Family life transitions, residential relocations, and housing in the life course: Current research and opportunities for future work: Introduction to the Special Collection on “Separation, Divorce, and Residential Mobility in a Comparative Perspective”

Mikolai¹,

Kulu²,

Mulder³

2020

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BACKGROUND This article provides an introduction to the Special Collection on "Separation, Divorce, and Residential Mobility in a Comparative Perspective." The Special Collection consists of six European case studies: Belgium, Finland, France, Italy, Hungary, and the United Kingdom, and a cross-national study comparing Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. All studies focus on residential relocations or housing outcomes following separation. RESULTS Divorce and separation have a long-lasting impact on individuals' residential relocations and housing conditions. This influence is gendered-women are generally worse off than men-and varies by individuals' educational level, whether they have children, and who cares for the children following union dissolution. CONCLUSIONS Although the study countries are different regarding their welfare systems and housing markets, papers in the Special Collection report striking similarities in the housing and residential consequences of union dissolution across countries. Separation leads to a prolonged residential and housing instability for many individuals. CONTRIBUTION The studies contribute to the literature by focusing on the role of repartnering, child custody arrangements, the parental home, location continuity, country context, and gender for postseparation residential patterns and trajectories. Furthermore, this Special

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Moving in or Breaking Up? The Role of Distance in the Development of Romantic Relationships

Cited by 29 publications

References 73 publications

Who Moves to Whom? Gender Differences in the Distance Moved to a Shared Residence

Who Moves to Whom? Gender Differences in the Distance Moved to a Shared Residence

Geographic Proximity to Parents, Intergenerational Support Exchange, and Migration Within Germany

Family life transitions, residential relocations, and housing in the life course: Current research and opportunities for future work: Introduction to the Special Collection on “Separation, Divorce, and Residential Mobility in a Comparative Perspective”

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