Examining the influence of major life events as drivers of residential mobility and neighbourhood transitions

Morris, Timothy T

doi:10.4054/demres.2017.36.35

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“…Another possible reason is the potentially disruptive experience of moving to a new house that will accompany a change of neighbourhood. 51% of families in ALSPAC move to a new house in the period that our analysis covers and many of these will experience a change in neighbourhood [ 36 ]. We examined whether the number of household moves a child’s family had made during the study period impacted their smoking behaviour over and above the trajectory groups.…”

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Context or composition: How does neighbourhood deprivation impact upon adolescent smoking behaviour?

2018

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Neighbourhood effects studies have demonstrated an association between area deprivation and smoking behaviour whereby people living in deprived neighbourhoods are more likely to smoke than those in non-deprived neighbourhoods. This evidence though is based largely upon data that ignores long term exposures to neighbourhood contexts and is confounded by neighbourhood selection bias. In this study, we investigate the temporal ordering of exposure to neighbourhood deprivation throughout childhood and whether associations between neighbourhood deprivation and cigarette smoking are due to compositional or contextual neighbourhood effects. Data come from a UK cohort study, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). We use longitudinal measures of neighbourhood deprivation and self-reported smoking behaviour for 2744 children to examine the influence of neighbourhood deprivation on smoking status and smoking heaviness at age 17. Our results demonstrate that children who are born into and grow up in deprived neighbourhoods are up to twice as likely to be smokers at age 17 than those in non-deprived neighbourhoods. These associations are largely due to family socioeconomic position and the intergenerational transmission of smoking behaviour from parents to children; compositional rather than direct contextual ‘neighbourhood effects’. Our findings highlight the importance of considering longitudinal exposure to neighbourhood deprivation over cross sectional exposure. In conclusion, we find that it is the family rather than the neighbourhood into which a child is born that determines their smoking behaviour.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Context or composition: How does neighbourhood deprivation impact upon adolescent smoking behaviour?

2018

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“…Empirical results indeed show that most life course events have a positive effect on the probability of moving, with union formation and dissolution being the most influential ones (Clark 2013;Morris 2017). Compared to couples who are still together and to single people, the divorced and the separated are more likely to change residence (Feijten 2005;Feijten and van Ham 2007;Mikolai and Kulu 2018).…”

Section: Housing Transitions and Family Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…Only few studies make a distinction between the dissolution of a marital and a nonmarital union (Feijten and van Ham 2010), while others do not expect considerable differences between them regarding residential change (Feijten and van Ham 2007;Mikolai and Kulu 2018). Studies finding that separation from cohabitation has a larger impact on residential relocation than divorce (Clark 2013;Morris 2017) distinguish between the events of divorce and separation, with married couples first experiencing separation then divorce, and nonmarried couples experiencing separation only. This way separation marks the start of the divorce process and understandably makes moving more likely than the end of the legal process of divorce, which may happen months or even years later.…”

Section: Housing Transitions and Family Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Housing consequences of divorce and separation in a 'super home ownership' regime: The case of Hungary

Murinkó¹

2019

DemRes

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BACKGROUND Partnership dissolution is a major reason for residential mobility and migration for former partners. Moving is more resource-intensive in a 'super home ownership' housing regime like Hungary and may increase the vulnerability of people with low socioeconomic status. This analysis is the first attempt to study the interrelationship between partnership transitions and housing dynamics in a Central and Eastern European country. OBJECTIVE We analyse how people adjust their housing situation and place of residence to their changing family circumstances after partnership dissolution in Hungary. METHODS We study change in partnership status and housing between 2008 and 2012 using the Hungarian Generations and Gender Survey (n = 5,408) with descriptive analysis and logistic regression models. The role of cohabitation and marriage, coresidence with parents, housing tenure, and socioeconomic status receives special attention. RESULTS Former couples move more often after divorce than separation from cohabitation, but divorcees who lived with their parents before union dissolution tend to stay. For men, returning to the parental household is a common solution. Both high and low socioeconomic status may increase the probability of moving after separation or divorce. CONCLUSIONS Home ownership is a motivating factor for moving after divorce in Hungary. Parental household provides an important 'safety net' and in some cases a long-term solution for couples in an inflexible housing market where the system of public housing is missing and private rental is expensive. http://www.demographic-research.org CONTRIBUTION We emphasise the importance of differentiating between the dissolution of marriages and cohabitations and considering coresidence with parents both as the origin and destination of moves.

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“…These factors of familiarity include "nearness to shops, schools, public transport, sport facilities, and the city, affinity for pleasant surroundings and nearness to friends and relatives" ( [23] in reference to [24]). Therefore, since the familiarity of the residential environment is directly related to QOL, residential mobility caused by life events and the corresponding change in neighborhood are directly associated with QOL [25]. In addition, based on the view that intermetropolitan residential mobility is affected by economic and QOL factors [26], recent studies have examined residential mobility in terms of QOL in different countries' large cities as spatial backgrounds.…”

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Residential Mobility and Quality of Life between Metropolitan Areas: The Case of South Korea

2020

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This study investigated the theory of residential mobility in terms of quality of life, focusing on convenience and the urban environment. The evaluation items (e.g., the accessibility to infrastructure, security, the environment, and social relationships) were selected based on previous studies, and a one-way ANOVA was conducted. The Korea Housing Survey was used to obtain data on the evaluations of homeowners who migrated to Seoul (the capital of South Korea) and to the surrounding metropolitan area (Gyeong-in). The regression analysis identified the factors affecting the overall satisfaction with the two destinations. The group that had migrated from Gyeong-in to Seoul was more satisfied with the medical, public, cultural, and transportation facilities than the group that had migrated from Seoul to Gyeong-in. Differences were also found between the two groups in the factors affecting their overall satisfaction with the migration destination. Factors such as satisfaction with transportation, commercial facilities, and cultural facilities affected the overall satisfaction with both destinations. However, homeownership affected the dependent variables only in Gyeong-in. The implications for potential improvements to infrastructure and housing distribution are discussed.

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Examining the influence of major life events as drivers of residential mobility and neighbourhood transitions

Cited by 22 publications

References 28 publications

Context or composition: How does neighbourhood deprivation impact upon adolescent smoking behaviour?

Context or composition: How does neighbourhood deprivation impact upon adolescent smoking behaviour?

Housing consequences of divorce and separation in a 'super home ownership' regime: The case of Hungary

Residential Mobility and Quality of Life between Metropolitan Areas: The Case of South Korea

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