Migration and Union Dissolution among Puerto Rican Women

Landale, Nancy S.; Ogena, Nimfa B.

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“…Other studies have considered the relationship between migration and partnership behavior (Boyle et al 2008, Landale & Ogena 1995, Frank & Wildsmith 2005. The foundation of these studies is centered around theories of socialization, adaption, disruption, and selection.…”

Section: Migration As a Predictor Of Family Eventsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Migration is a stressful life event and often involves psychical separation of spouses for extended periods of time (Frank & Wildsmith 2005). Migration may therefore lead to reduced fertility after the move (Lindstrom & Giorguli Saucedo 2002, Carter 2000, a postponement of marriage (Carlson 1985), and a higher risk of union dissolution (Boyle et al 2008, Landale & Ogena 1995, Frank & Wildsmith 2005. At the same time, it has been argued that migration, marriage, and the start of childbearing are closely connected.…”

Section: Migration As a Predictor Of Family Eventsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Life Paths of Migrants: A Sequence Analysis of Polish Migrants’ Family Life Trajectories

2015

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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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Section: Migration As a Predictor Of Family Eventsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Migration As a Predictor Of Family Eventsmentioning

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Life Paths of Migrants: A Sequence Analysis of Polish Migrants’ Family Life Trajectories

2015

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“…Puerto Rican women living in the United States had markedly higher rates of marital separation than those who remained in Puerto Rico. Marital dissolution after 9 years of marriage occurred at a rate of 59% for Puerto Rican women born in the United States compared to 26% of Puerto Rican women who resided in Puerto Rico (Landale & Ogena, 1995). Landale and Ogena attributed these high rates to the stress associated with migration and role changes, particularly employment.…”

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Latinos, Acculturation, and Acculturative Stress: A Dimensional Concept Analysis

Caplan

2007

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

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“…This link is also demonstrated by the various consequences of migration for individuals and their families. The far-reaching changes associated with migration leave their mark on migrant families, as increased divorce rates after migration indicate (Boyle et al 2008;Landale and Ogena 1995). While a close interrelation between the family life course and migration is undeniable, views differ on how migration and family processes are related.…”

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How Migration Affects the Timing of Childbearing: The Transition to a First Birth Among Polish Women in Britain

Lübke

2014

Eur J Population

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Views differ on how migration affects the timing of childbearing. Whereas migration has long been considered a break in the life course, hindering family formation, this disruption hypothesis has recently been challenged. New findings indicating that there is often an acceleration of childbearing shortly after migration have led to the formulation of the interrelation hypothesis. Examining the childbearing behaviour of Polish women, this study extends previous research by combining information from the countries of origin and of destination. Using retrospective data from Poland (derived from the European Social Survey) and Britain (derived from the Labour Force Survey), discrete-time event history methods are applied to study the transition to a first birth in relation to the timing of migration. The results show that there is a disruption of childbearing prior to migration, as well as an acceleration of fertility in the years immediately following the move.

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Migration and Union Dissolution among Puerto Rican Women

Cited by 36 publications

References 35 publications

Life Paths of Migrants: A Sequence Analysis of Polish Migrants’ Family Life Trajectories

Life Paths of Migrants: A Sequence Analysis of Polish Migrants’ Family Life Trajectories

Latinos, Acculturation, and Acculturative Stress: A Dimensional Concept Analysis

How Migration Affects the Timing of Childbearing: The Transition to a First Birth Among Polish Women in Britain

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