Repartnering after marital dissolution: Does context play a role?

Meggiolaro, Silvia; Ongaro, Fausta

doi:10.4054/demres.2008.19.57

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“…Yet, as previously elaborated, research does not necessarily support this expectation (Coleman et al 2000). It is also important to consider that both men and women with children might be less interested in entering a second union because their desire to be a parent has already been met in the first union (Meggiolaro and Ongaro 2008).…”

Section: Why Can Children Affect Re-partnering?mentioning

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“…Some European studies have also shown that co-resident children increase men's chances of forming a union with a non-parent (Bernhardt and Goldscheider 2002) whereas others have not found this positive effect of children on men's re-partnering chances (e.g., De Graaf and Kalmijn 2003;Poortman 2007). In light of these mixed findings, it has been noted that it is important to also consider that the process of repartnering can depend on the macro-level context in which it occurs (Meggiolaro and Ongaro 2008;Mills 2004).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…However, children have been shown to affect women's and men's chances to re-partner somewhat differently (e.g., Coleman et al 2000;de Graaf and Kalmijn 2003;Meggiolaro and Ongaro 2008;Poortman 2007;Wu and Schimmele 2005). Previous work has generally demonstrated that mothers are less likely to re-partner than non-mothers.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Yet, this likelihood to re-partner and the time between divorce and new partnership can vary greatly between individuals (Coleman et al 2000). For example, women have consistently been shown to fare worse off than men on the re-partnering market, with lower overall re-partnering chances and longer time between separation and next union (e.g., Coleman et al 2000;de Graaf and Kalmijn 2003;Meggiolaro and Ongaro 2008;Poortman 2007;Skew et al 2009;Wu and Schimmele 2005). In fact, it has even been noted that ''gender is the most crucial determinant in the re-partnering process'' (Wu and Schimmele 2005, p. 27) and a number of factors have been suggested as contributing this gender gap (e.g., women benefiting less from partnerships than men and earlier relationship history; Skew et al 2009).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Previous work has generally demonstrated that mothers are less likely to re-partner than non-mothers. The effects have been shown to vary somewhat according to the number and ages of the children with for example, having younger children resulting in even lower likelihood to repartner (De Graaf and Kalmijn 2003;Koo et al 1984;Lampard and Peggs 1999;Meggiolaro and Ongaro 2008;Poortman 2007;Sweeney 2002;Wu and Schimmele 2005).…”

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The Effect of Children on Men’s and Women’s Chances of Re-partnering in a European Context

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This work examines what role children play in the re-partnering process in five European countries (Norway, France, Germany, Romania, and the Russian Federation) by addressing the following research questions: (1) To what extent do men and women differ in their re-partnering chances?; (2) Can gender differences in re-partnering be explained by the presence of children?; (3) How do the custodial arrangements and the child's age affect the re-partnering chances of men and women? We use the partnership and parenthood histories of the participants in the first wave of the Generations and Gender Survey (United Nations, Generations and Gender Programme: Survey Instruments. United Nations, New York/Geneva, 2005) to examine the transition to moving in with a new partner following the dissolution of the first marital union, separately for men and women. The story that emerges is one of similarities in the effects rather than differences. In most countries, men are more likely to re-partner than women. This gender difference can be attributed to the presence of children as our analyses show that childless men and women do not differ in their probability to re-partner. Mothers with resident children are less likely to re-partner than non-mothers and a similar though often non-significant effect of resident children is observed for fathers. In most countries we find that as the child ages, the chances to enter a new union increase. In sum, our study indicates that children are an important factor in re-partnering and a contributor to the documented gender gap in re-partnering, and this holds throughout distinct institutional and cultural settings. -013-9294-5 Résumé Cet article étudie le rôle joué par les enfants dans la formation d'une nouvelle union dans cinq pays européens (Norvège, France, Allemagne, Roumanie et la Fédération de Russie) en tentant de répondre aux questions de recherche suivantes (1) dans quelle mesure les probabilités des hommes et des femmes de former une nouvelle union diffèrent-elles ? (2) la présence d'enfants peut-elle expliquer les différences de genre dans ce domaine ? (3) Les dispositions relatives à la garde de l'enfant et l'âge de l'enfant ont-ils un impact sur les probabilités d'une nouvelle union pour les hommes et pour les femmes ? Les histoires des unions et les histoires parentales des participants à la première vague des enquêtes Générations et Genre (GGS, Nations Unies ?, 2005) ont été utilisées pour étudier la transition vers une nouvelle union après la dissolution du premier mariage pour les hommes et pour les femmes séparément. Les résultats montrent des effets semblables plutôt que divergents. Dans la plupart des pays, les hommes ont des probabilités de former une nouvelle union plus élevées que les femmes. Cette différence de genre peut être attribuée à la présence d'enfants car nos analyses montrent que les probabilités d'une nouvelle union des hommes et des femmes sans enfant sont similaires. Les mères dont les enfants vivent avec elles sont moins susceptibles de fo...

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Section: Why Can Children Affect Re-partnering?mentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A subregional analysis of family change: The spatial diffusion of one‐parent families across Italian municipalities, 1991–2011

Caltabiano

Dreassi

Rocco

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Population Space and Place

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This paper documents the expansion of new family patterns in Italy by scrutinising the spatial diffusion of one‐parent families across Italian municipalities for the period 1991–2011. We apply a hierarchical Bayesian model to the data of the last three Italian Population Censuses, acknowledging that variation cannot be broken down into temporal and spatial effects because space–time interaction is at the very heart of family changes. Our results illustrate substantial subregional and sub‐provincial heterogeneities in the spatial organisation of family systems, patterns that might have gone undetected had larger territorial units of analysis been considered. In addition, we show that especially socio‐economic factors were associated to the diffusion of new family forms. This paper challenges international scholarship that caricatures Italy as a monolithic, homogeneous family‐oriented country.

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