Who leaves, who stays? Gendered routes out of the family home following union dissolution in Italy

Fiori, Francesca

doi:10.4054/demres.2019.40.20

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“…Previous research found that women are more likely to leave the joint home at separation than men although this seems to reverse when children are present (Ferrari et al 2019;Fiori 2019;Mulder and Malmberg 2011;Mulder and Wagner 2010;Stone et al 2014). Additionally, women were found to be more likely to move from owner-occupied to rental dwellings than men in the Netherlands (Feijten 2005), a finding attributed to the generally lower socio-economic independence of women.…”

Section: Gender Differences In Separation and Elevated Residential Momentioning

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Separation and Elevated Residential Mobility: A Cross-Country Comparison

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This study investigates the magnitude and persistence of elevated post-separation residential mobility (i.e. residential instability) in five countries (Australia, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK) with similar levels of economic development, but different welfare provisions and housing markets. While many studies examine residential changes related to separation in selected individual countries, only very few have compared patterns across countries. Using longitudinal data and applying Poisson regression models, we study the risk of a move of separated men and women compared with cohabiting and married individuals. We use time since separation to distinguish between moves due to separation and moves of separated individuals. Our analysis shows that separated men and women are significantly more likely to move than cohabiting and married individuals. The risk of a residential change is the highest shortly after separation, and it decreases with duration since separation. However, the magnitude of this decline varies by country. In Belgium, mobility rates remain elevated for a long period after separation, whereas in the Netherlands, post-separation residential instability appears brief, with mobility rates declining rapidly. The results suggest that housing markets are likely to shape the residential mobility of separated individuals. In countries, where mortgages are easy to access and affordable rental properties are widespread, separated individuals can rapidly adjust their housing to new family circumstances; in contrast, in countries with limited access to homeownership and small social rental markets, separated individuals experience a prolonged period of residential instability.

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Section: Gender Differences In Separation and Elevated Residential Momentioning

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“…In general, women are more likely to move out of the joint home after separation than men (Dewilde 2008;Feijten 2005;Mulder 2013). If the ex-couple has children, men are somewhat more likely to leave the family home than women (Thomas, Mulder, and Cooke 2017a;Fiori 2019). Whether moving or not, the negative financial consequences of separation are more severe for women than for men, which may translate to an unfavourable residential situation (Andreß et al 2006;Feijten 2005;Mulder 2013).…”

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

Schnor¹,

Mikolai²

2020

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BACKGROUND Partnership dissolution can mark an extended period of residential instability for mothers and their children. Location continuity, i.e., the ability to stay in or return to the same neighbourhood after separation, is essential to reduce the negative consequences of separation. OBJECTIVE We focus on mothers' post-separation location continuity in the three years following separation and study the role of socioeconomic resources and local ties (to a home, neighbourhood, and region) in remaining in or returning to their pre-separation neighbourhood. METHODS Using linked Belgian Census (2001) and register data (2001-2006), we estimate multinomial logistic regression models (N = 25,802). Based on the occurrence, frequency, and destination of moves, we distinguish between high, moderate, and low degrees of location continuity. We also study the probability of remaining in, leaving, or returning to the pre-separation neighbourhood. RESULTS Mothers who live at their place of birth (a measure of local ties) tend to stay in or return to their pre-separation neighbourhood or region; if they have more socioeconomic resources they are more likely to remain in the family home. Mothers from disadvantaged backgrounds move further and more often. CONCLUSION If separated mothers lack socioeconomic resources and local ties, they are less likely to

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“…However, one important result concerns the association of parenthood with LTA duration. As research on separation has shown (e.g., Fiori, ), parenthood seems to structure not only conjugal life but also the ways in which partners separate. Parents make decisions that, from their point of view, may be in the children's best interests.…”

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“…From the 1987 to 1988 National Survey of Families and Household (United States) data, he showed that 44% of the ever‐separated women attempted reconciliation. Mulder and Wagner () and Fiori (), for their part, analyzed another key moment in the separation process: the departure from the conjugal home. They looked at which of the two expartners left the family home via an analysis of the costs of decohabitation and the presence of children.…”

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Continued Cohabitation After the Decision to Separate: “Living Together Apart” in France

Rault

Régnier‐Loilier

2019

J of Marriage and Family

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Objective: This article examines situationswhere couples continue to live together under the same roof after deciding to separate. Background: Separation is most often approached by researchers as a one-off, clearly identifiable event. However, qualitative studies have shown that it is also a process and may include a period when the former partners continue to cohabit. This phenomenon is known as "Living Together Apart" (LTA). Method: For the first time, data from the French survey of individual and conjugal trajectories (Etude des parcours individuels et conjugaux) conducted in 2013 and 2014 by the French Institute for Demographic Studies and the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies provide an opportunity to study LTA in quantitative terms. The survey was administered on a random representative sample drawn from the census and included a question module on separation arrangements. The authors' analysis is based mainly on logistic regressions to estimate the probability of having continued to live together and if so for how long. Results: The article shows that LTA is frequent and correlated with various sociodemographic factors such as the presence of children, shared ownership of goods, type of union, and age at

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Who leaves, who stays? Gendered routes out of the family home following union dissolution in Italy

Cited by 10 publications

References 46 publications

Separation and Elevated Residential Mobility: A Cross-Country Comparison

Separation and Elevated Residential Mobility: A Cross-Country Comparison

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

Continued Cohabitation After the Decision to Separate: “Living Together Apart” in France

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