Life Course Changes in the Geographical Distance Between Adult Children of Immigrants and Their Parents: The Role of Partnership Formation and Dissolution

IF 3.5 1区社会学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Marriage and Family Pub Date : 2026-10-07 Epub Date: 2026-04-12 DOI:10.1111/jomf.70074

Alon Pertzikovitz, Matthijs Kalmijn, Marjolijn Das, Helga A. G. de Valk

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Abstract

Objective

This study explores how geographical distance between adult children of immigrants and their parents changes in response to partnership formation and partnership dissolution.

Background

Geographical distance between generations is a key factor in intergenerational support. However, there is limited knowledge about how proximity changes over the life course, with most research confined to Western cultural settings. The lack of comparative work is surprising since intergenerational proximity and solidarity are often associated with an international migration background.

Methods

Using longitudinal register data from the Netherlands, we follow individuals born to parents from Suriname, Turkey, and the Netherlands, assessing their geographical distance from parents between ages 22 and 42. Two-part regression models with impact function specifications are employed to estimate the effects of partnership formation and dissolution on intergenerational proximity.

Results

In all groups, intergenerational distance increased with partnership formation and decreased following partnership dissolution. In the case of partnership formation, the divergence effect was stronger for women than for men. Following partnership dissolution, the convergence effect was stronger for women than for men of Turkish origin, but similar for men and women of Surinamese and Dutch origin. Leaving home for partnership formation and returning home after partnership dissolution played an important role in explaining the changes in proximity, especially for individuals of Dutch origin, and for men more than for women in all groups.

Conclusion

Our findings confirm the effects of partnership transitions on intergenerational distance among migrant families and emphasize cultural influences on intergenerational gendered proximity and family interdependencies in migrant communities.

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移民成年子女与父母地理距离的生命历程变化：伙伴关系形成与解体的作用

目的探讨移民成年子女与父母之间的地理距离随伴侣关系形成和解除的变化规律。代际间的地理距离是代际支持的关键因素。然而，关于亲近度在生命过程中如何变化的知识有限，大多数研究都局限于西方文化背景。缺乏比较研究令人惊讶，因为代际接近和团结往往与国际移徙背景有关。方法使用来自荷兰的纵向登记数据，我们跟踪来自苏里南、土耳其和荷兰的父母所生的个体，评估他们在22至42岁之间与父母的地理距离。采用带影响函数说明的两部分回归模型来估计伙伴关系形成和解散对代际接近的影响。结果各群体的代际距离随伴侣关系的形成而增加，随伴侣关系的解体而减小。在建立伙伴关系的情况下，女性的差异效应强于男性。在伴侣关系解除后，土耳其裔女性的趋同效应强于男性，但苏里南裔和荷兰裔男性和女性的趋同效应相似。离家建立伙伴关系和在伙伴关系解散后回家，在解释接近度的变化方面发挥了重要作用，尤其是对荷兰裔个人而言，在所有群体中，男性比女性更重要。结论本研究结果证实了伙伴关系转变对移民家庭代际距离的影响，并强调了文化对移民社区中代际性别接近和家庭相互依赖的影响。

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Journal of Marriage and Family Multiple-

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12.20

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6.70%

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期刊介绍： For more than 70 years, Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF) has been a leading research journal in the family field. JMF features original research and theory, research interpretation and reviews, and critical discussion concerning all aspects of marriage, other forms of close relationships, and families.In 2009, an institutional subscription to Journal of Marriage and Family includes a subscription to Family Relations and Journal of Family Theory & Review.