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INTRODUCTIONThe family-life dynamics of international migrants have become a core topic in demographic studies over the past decades (Kulu & Gonzalez-Ferrer 2014). These studies have focused on different aspects of family-life behavior. For instance, previous research shows that international migration and partner selection are frequently interrelated (Milewski 2003), that moving over long distances influences the stability of a union (Frank & Wildsmith 2005, Boyle et al. 2008, and that migration may alter fertility behavior (Milewski 2007, Lindstrom & Giorguli Saucedo 2002. Many of these studies have focused on the impact of migration on a specific event in the life course. By focusing on events, however, one may miss a deeper insight into the life course, which is unfortunate as life-course theory emphasizes that different events in the life course are not separate experiences, but are linked to one another (Giele & Elder 1998).The main research objective of this paper is to go beyond this event-oriented approach and to provide a more integral picture of the link between migration and family behavior. We develop an empirically grounded typology of partnership, fertility, and migration behavior by applying sequence analysis. This technique can be seen as complementing to the often applied techniques of event history analysis: whereas event history analysis concentrates primarily on causal effects for transitions from one state to another, sequence analysis is an approach aimed at exploring and describing actual life-course trajectories and has more descriptive value (Aisenbrey & Fasang 2010, Billari 2001. Although sequence analysis has increasingly been used in life course research over the past decade (e.g., Aassve et al. 2007, Billari et al. 2006, Bras et al. 2010, Elzinga & Liefbroer 2007, the technique has been relatively little applied in the migration literature. The application of sequence analysis also in the field of migration studies is however a fruitful approach, as it offers a digestible overview of the complex interrelationship between migration and family dynamics. Poland is part of the European Union (EU) since 2004 and Polish migrants are thus free to settle in other EU member states (with some initial barriers on the labor market after EU entry). In this regard, Polish migrants differ strongly from migrants from outside the EU for whom it is much more difficult to travel back and forth between the Netherlands and their country of origin due to compulsory visa requirements (Dagevos 2011). A crucial question of the relatively new intra-European migration flows is therefore whether these migrants will stay temporarily or whether they will settle permanently. Besides economic reasons for returning to the country of origin, the family context also plays a crucial role in the return decisions of immigrants (Dustmann 2003). We will pay specific attention to this and study the permanence of settlement in relation to family trajectories. The trajectory-based approach 5 applied in this study is particul...

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Ethnic differences in leaving and returning home may reflect varying cultural norms regarding intergenerational coresidence, but also differences in transitions in linked domains, for example, employment and partnership transitions. This study uses Dutch population register data to compare returning home among second‐generation Turks, Moroccans, Surinamese, and Antilleans with native Dutch who had left the parental home between age 16 and 28 in the period 1999 to 2011 (N = 194,020). All second‐generation groups were found to be more likely to return home than native Dutch. A large part of these differences was related to the timing and occurrence of other key events in the life course, such as age at leaving home and partnership dissolution. Although the impact of partnership dissolution on returning home was found to be strong among all origin groups, it was less pronounced among second‐generation youth, particularly Turks and Moroccans, than native Dutch youth. Possible explanations and implications are discussed.

Existing empirical research on the link between ethnic minority concentration in residential environments and voting for the radical right is inconclusive, mainly due to major differences between studies in the spatial scale at which minority concentration is measured. We examined whether the presence of non-western ethnic minorities in the residential environment, measured at four spatial scales, is related to individuals’ intention to vote for the Dutch Party for Freedom (Dutch acronym PVV). We combined individual level survey data and register data, and we used multi-level structural equation models to examine possible mediation by anti-immigrant attitudes and political dissatisfaction. The models show different effects at different scales. At the micro scale (100 by 100 meter grids) we find a curvilinear effect: individuals with 30–50 per cent non-western minorities in their direct living environment are most likely to report to vote for the PVV. At higher spatial scales (up to municipal level) we find that the higher the proportion of non-western minorities, the more likely individuals are to report to vote for the PVV. These effects can however not be explained by anti-immigrant attitudes or political dissatisfaction. We even find that at the micro scale the presence of non-western minorities is related to less anti-immigrant attitudes.

Because the demographic composition of neighborhoods and schools overlaps, their effects on educational attainment are not independent of each other. Throughout the early teenage years, the timing and duration of exposure to neighborhood and school contexts can vary, advocating for a longitudinal approach when studying schooling outcomes. This study uses Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children data (N = 4502; 49% female) to examine how exposure to poverty between ages 10–16 predicts educational attainment. The results indicate that enduring exposure to neighborhood poverty relates to educational attainment, while timing does not. For school poverty, longer exposure is related to lower attainment, but earlier exposure has a stronger impact than later exposure. Adolescents who were exposed to poverty in both contexts for the full observation period had the lowest educational attainment. The findings highlight the importance of understanding when and how long adolescents are exposed to contextual poverty.

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This study examines the role of parents and peer relations on home-leaving behavior among young adults of migrant and Dutch descent. Data come from the TIES survey including the Turkish (n = 493) and Moroccan (n = 486) second generation and a native Dutch comparison group (n = 506). Competing risks models are applied to distinguish between patterns of leaving home for different reasons. Results indicate that native Dutch young adults mainly leave home at relative young ages to attend further education, whereas in particular women of the Turkish second generation are more likely to postpone leaving home until marriage. Friendship and peer relations are of importance: having close friends outside the own ethnic group decreases the chance of leaving home for union formation. Conflicts with parents accelerate the process of leaving home for women of all origin groups, though only when they leave home to gain independence.