Kinship Networks and Migration: A Nineteenth-Century Swedish Example

Ostergren, Robert C.

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“…My method described below shares some similarities with those who use data generated from intensive family reconstitution methods like Ostergren (1982) and Dribe (2003), except that I am examining networks from over 1000 villages in slightly less detail, while both of these scholars each studied migration networks from a handful of different Swedish villages in greater detail. 20 I define Group 1 as a set of family members who leave from a village in one year.…”

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“…Using family reconstitution methods, Ostergren (1982) examined emigration from four Swedish villages in the latter part of the 19th century, looking at the prevalence of emigration at the family level. Similarly, Dribe (2003) and Dribe and Svensson (2008) studied villages in southern Sweden to tease out migration patterns.…”

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“…See for instanceBaines (1994),Erickson (1972), Fitzpatrick (1994,Kamphoefner et al (1991), andMacDonald (1964), for letter collections and/or discussions of the usefulness of letters.5 The U.S. passenger ship records contain various quantifiable demographic information on migrants, but nothing about the reasons individuals may have had for leaving.6 Different fromOstergren (1982),Dribe (2003) andKamphoefner (2005) uses a broad definition of chain migration to examine 19th century settlement patterns of German Hanoverians within Indiana.…”

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Network strategies of nineteenth century Hesse-Cassel emigrants

Wegge

2008

The History of the Family

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Between 1820 and 1930 over 5 million Germans emigrated to overseas destinations, most to the U.S. By the 1850s the number of German migrants living in the U.S. was large, a consequence partly of cumulative causation. I provide evidence for the dramatic increase in networks by using micro-level data for the German principality of Hesse-Cassel in the mid-nineteenth century. A conservative measurement of network relationships finds that after 25 years almost half of them were related to a previous family member from the same village. Migrants who used family networks tended to move in small units. Usually only a few years separated networked family members, but some links lasted over a decade. Women were unlikely to start a network but more likely than men to travel to the U.S. Within some families, migrants switched from continental destinations to the U.S., perhaps due to the failure of the 1848 March Revolution.

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Network strategies of nineteenth century Hesse-Cassel emigrants

Wegge

2008

The History of the Family

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“…Kinship ties is seen as a strong binding force which help establishing an enduring and affable relations among kinship members. There have been various studies on the role of kinship ties in migration process (Boyd, 1989; Choldin, 1973; Haug, 2008; MacDonald & MacDonald, 1964; Ostergren, 1982). Litwak (1960) provides two important explanations why a kinship network is well suited in the migration process.…”

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Migrants and Their Social Networks: A Study of Kuki Migrants in Delhi

Kipgen

Panda

2019

Sociological Bulletin

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This paper discusses the role and importance of social networks in the migration process. It explores the formation of social networks among the Kuki migrants in Delhi. Drawing insights from the theoretical and conceptual literature on social networks and based on field observations and personal narratives of migrants, the study analyses the importance of social networks for migrants and explains how social networks help the migrants cope with a new social environment. The Kuki migrants have been classified into two categories, namely ‘pioneer’ and ‘follower’ migrants. While pioneer Kuki migrants hardly had any ties and merely depended on ‘weak ties’, it was follower migrants who took the benefits of ethnic and kinship networks. The study conclusively found that social networks have been instrumental though various pull factors at the place of destination and push factors at the place of origin have contributed for Kuki migration to Delhi. The migrants have formed ethnic clusters, which have turned out to be a survival strategy in a new social milieu. The social networks not only have helped migrants to deal with challenges and constraints in an alien environment but also instilled a sense of confidence in them to overcome psychological stress and isolation.

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“…In the most thorough historical European study of kinship and migration to date, Ostergren (1982) examines the effect of kinship networks and household dynamics on the propensity of members of a nineteenth-century rural community to move to America. Unlike the authors of most other such studies, Ostergren examines not only the relationships of kin in the receiving community but also the impact of the household circumstances and kin links in the sending community.…”

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Household Organization and Migration in Nineteenth-Century Italy

Kertzer¹,

Hogan²

1990

Social Science History

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Kinship ranks second only to economic factors in social-scientific attempts to explain who migrates, when they move, and where they go. A person’s household circumstances are commonly thought to influence his or her propensity to move, as is the presence of other kin in the same community. Furthermore, the existence and location of kin in other communities are commonly thought to affect both the propensity to move and the choice of destination. Much of the international migration literature, accordingly, focuses on kin chains of migration, while much of the contemporary internal migration literature focuses on rural-urban kinship ties and on the continuing importance of extended kinship ties in societies experiencing high rates of urban-bound migration.

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Kinship Networks and Migration: A Nineteenth-Century Swedish Example

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Network strategies of nineteenth century Hesse-Cassel emigrants

Network strategies of nineteenth century Hesse-Cassel emigrants

Migrants and Their Social Networks: A Study of Kuki Migrants in Delhi

Household Organization and Migration in Nineteenth-Century Italy

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