Remain, leave, or return? Mothers’ location continuity after separation in Belgium

Schnor, Christine; Mikolai, Júlia

doi:10.4054/demres.2020.42.9

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“…Parents who experienced separating from the other parent of their children and repartnering during the same calendar year seem to be a specific group that is particularly likely to migrate during this year (men: OR = 16.80; women: OR = 22.67). This finding is consistent with that of Schnor and Mikolai ( 2020 ), who showed that repartnering at separation lowers mothers’ likelihood of staying in the prior joint home and increases their likelihood of moving to another municipality or province. It seems likely that many of these parents initiated the separation because of their new romantic involvement and consequently moved out.…”

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Family Complexity and Parents’ Migration: The Role of Repartnering and Distance to Non-Resident Children

2021

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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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“…For Sweden, Brandén and Haandrikman ( 2018 ) showed that the average distance of moving at the start of co-residence is 50 km for men and 59 km for women. Repartnering upon or after separation was found to increase mothers’ likelihood of moving to another municipality or province within Belgium (Schnor & Mikolai, 2020 ).…”

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Family Complexity and Parents’ Migration: The Role of Repartnering and Distance to Non-Resident Children

2021

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“…They provide the first analyses of the residential and housing consequences of divorce for an Eastern European (Hungary by Murinkó 2019) as well as a Southern European country (Italy by Fiori 2019). The papers focus on the role of repartnering (Jalovaara and Kulu 2019;Schnor and Mikolai 2020), child custody arrangements (Ferrari, Bonnet, and Solaz 2019), the parental home (Murinkó 2019), location continuity (Schnor and Mikolai 2020), country context , and gender (all studies) for postseparation residential outcomes and trajectories .…”

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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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“…In the following we draw on recent work by Schnor and Mikolai (2020), who provide a detailed description of Belgium's housing market. Homeownership, or living in owneroccupied accommodation, is normative in Belgium (Fikse and Aalbers 2020), as shown by its high prevalence of homeownership (69% in 2001) compared to other European countries, and its housing structure marked by short supply of affordable rental housing (OECD 2015(OECD , 2017.…”

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“…A much higher proportion of tenants (34%) than owners (2.4%) spend 40% or more of their income on housing. The financial means of tenants have weakened over time, which makes renting financially difficult and undesirable as a tenure status (Halleux and Strée 2012;Hiscock et al 2001;OECD 2015: 85;Schnor and Mikolai 2020). Belgium's 2001 census data shows that single women and single mothers are at risk, with very little access to homeownership and good-quality housing (Vanneste et al 2007).…”

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Do tenants suffer from status syndrome? Homeownership, norms, and suicide in Belgium

Joan¹,

Schnor²

2022

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BACKGROUNDDeath by suicide is particularly high for the middle-aged and for single and/or childless individuals. At the same time, the risk of suicide is higher for tenants than for homeowners. The literature linking housing tenure and suicide according to age, gender, and family configuration is scarce. OBJECTIVEThis study examines the varying association between housing tenure and suicide risk according to sex, age (for adults), and household composition. METHODSWe used data from Belgium's National Register linked to 2001 census data and death certificates. We conducted multinomial logit regression to estimate the mortality relative risk ratios by suicide and by other causes in the population aged 25 to 69 years in 2002, separately by sex. RESULTSWe find that homeownership was negatively associated with suicide risk for both men and women, before and after controlling for age, housing quality, and demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Interacting age and housing tenure, we find that renting is associated with a higher risk of suicide among adults in their 40s and 50s, but not among younger and older adults. Among marital and parental statuses, married men and single women with no children at home present a higher risk of suicide in mid-life when renting, compared to owning. CONCLUSIONSHomeownership is associated with a lower suicide risk for middle-aged populations, more specifically for married men, unpartnered women, and individuals living without children.

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Remain, leave, or return? Mothers’ location continuity after separation in Belgium

Cited by 7 publications

References 57 publications

Family Complexity and Parents’ Migration: The Role of Repartnering and Distance to Non-Resident Children

Family Complexity and Parents’ Migration: The Role of Repartnering and Distance to Non-Resident Children

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”

Do tenants suffer from status syndrome? Homeownership, norms, and suicide in Belgium

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