Transnational Relationships Between African Migrant Parents in Europe and Caregivers in Africa

IF 2.6 2区 社会学 Q1 DEMOGRAPHY
Bilisuma B. Dito, Valentina Mazzucato
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Research shows the quality of the relationship between migrant parents and local caregivers is important for the care and wellbeing of migrants′ children who stay behind. Yet what exactly constitutes a well-functioning relationship remains to be defined at a large-scale, and especially for the case of African parents migrating to Europe. This study examines what factors shape the quality of relationship between local caregivers and migrant parents as experienced by migrant parents using data on 614 Angolan, Nigerian and Ghanaian migrant parents in Ireland, Portugal and the Netherlands. Our findings highlight how caregiving capabilities influenced by remittances, marital status, and socioeconomic positions, influence local caregiver-migrant parent relationships. Gendered care cultures shape how migrant mothers experience warmer but more demanding relationships with local caregivers compared to migrant fathers, while migrant parents in general experience difficult relationships with non-partner biological local caregivers. The study also shows the specific ways migration regimes negatively affect transnational care relationships by causing prolonged family separation and difficulties in the capacity to remit.

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欧洲非洲移民父母与非洲照顾者之间的跨国关系
研究表明,移民父母与当地照顾者之间关系的质量对留守移民子女的照顾和福祉至关重要。然而,究竟是什么构成了一段良好的关系,还有待大规模界定,特别是对于非洲父母移民到欧洲的情况。本研究利用爱尔兰、葡萄牙和荷兰的614名安哥拉、尼日利亚和加纳移民父母的数据,考察了影响当地照顾者和移民父母之间关系质量的因素。我们的研究结果强调了受汇款、婚姻状况和社会经济地位影响的照顾能力如何影响当地照顾者与移民父母的关系。与移民父亲相比,性别关怀文化塑造了移民母亲如何与当地照顾者建立更温暖但更苛刻的关系,而移民父母通常与非伴侣的亲生当地照顾者建立困难的关系。这项研究还显示了移徙制度对跨国照料关系产生负面影响的具体方式,即造成长期的家庭分离和汇款能力方面的困难。
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期刊介绍: Population, Space and Place aims to be the leading English-language research journal in the field of geographical population studies. It intends to: - Inform population researchers of the best theoretical and empirical research on topics related to population, space and place - Promote and further enhance the international standing of population research through the exchange of views on what constitutes best research practice - Facilitate debate on issues of policy relevance and encourage the widest possible discussion and dissemination of the applications of research on populations - Review and evaluate the significance of recent research findings and provide an international platform where researchers can discuss the future course of population research
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