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{"title":"Independent Ageing Amongst Older Adults Who Live Alone: Social Networks and Support in Singapore","authors":"Samantha Shu Fang Lim,&nbsp;Grace En Ying Chan,&nbsp;Siyao Gao,&nbsp;Vincent Chua,&nbsp;Chen-Chieh Feng,&nbsp;Elaine Lynn-Ee Ho","doi":"10.1002/psp.70342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70342","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper examines how older adults who live alone draw on local and extra-local social ties—including kinship relations, community networks, and friendships—to age independently in Singapore. Conceptually, it engages with extant debates on the hierarchical-compensatory and task-specific theories. The paper draws on a mixed-methods study that combines survey data with qualitative data from interviews, observations and GPS tracking of participants who live in two neighbourhoods. We show how older adults who live alone access and mobilise support in response to their changing life circumstances. Our findings indicate that older adults who live alone are not passive. Rather, they maintain their independence through interdependent relationships with a range of local and extra-local social networks, which are fluid and will evolve over time. Emotional closeness determines most of all how positively older adults perceive and experience care and support. This paper demonstrates the importance of considering emotional proximity, changing social networks, and interdependence in understanding how older adults age independently.</p>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/psp.70342","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148994409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Faith, Fear, and Belonging: Return Perceptions Among Displaced Syrian Alawites and Christians","authors":"Metin Gani Tapan,&nbsp;Necati Buğra Kuddaş,&nbsp;Aykut Can Demirel","doi":"10.1002/psp.70376","DOIUrl":"10.1002/psp.70376","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study examines how displaced Syrian Alawite and Christian refugees understand return following the fall of the Assad government. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, it draws on in-depth interviews with 21 refugees in Türkiye, 13 Alawites, and eight Christians. Four interconnected themes were identified: deep fears surrounding political transition and identity-based insecurity; uncertain futures shaped by political volatility, economic survival, and fragile peace; eroded institutional belonging through exclusion from governance and public employment; and infrastructure deficits that undermine the possibility of rebuilding one's life. Alawite participants more often emphasized collective blame, retaliation, and persistent profiling because of their presumed association with the former government's actions. Christian participants placed greater emphasis on inadequate protection, distrust, and uncertainty regarding whether their political neutrality would be recognized. Concerns regarding political volatility, economic survival, renewed conflict, and public services largely converged between the two groups. The study shows that return conditions are interpreted through collective memory, religious positioning, institutional recognition, and spatial belonging rather than operating as uniform push or pull factors. Therefore, return ideation depends on whether Syria can be imagined as a safe, recognized, and sustainable place to rebuild everyday life.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148979664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Partnership and Fertility Trajectories of Immigrant Women Across the Migration Process to Spain: A Comparison by Country of Origin","authors":"Mengyao Wu,&nbsp;Alberto del Rey Poveda,&nbsp;Rafael Grande","doi":"10.1002/psp.70375","DOIUrl":"10.1002/psp.70375","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Although many studies examine family patterns among immigrants and how these differ from those in the native population, a migration-focused perspective investigating how partnerships and childbearing trajectories intersect throughout the migration process remains scarce. Applying multichannel sequence analysis to retrospective data from the 2018 Spanish Fertility Survey, this study simultaneously analysed changes in women's partnerships and fertility behaviour around the time of migration and explored how these patterns differed by migrant origin. The pattern of family-related migration revealed a substantial increase in cohabitation and first births shortly after migration. Cluster analysis identified five typical family trajectories among immigrant women. Multinomial logistic regression models were then used to examine how these trajectories were associated with immigrant origins. Contrary to expectations, the results did not show significant differences in these family trajectories by country of origin, except for the <i>Early Marriage and Fertility Transitions</i> and <i>Single Motherhood pathways</i>. These findings provide comprehensive insights into the interdependencies among family life domains during the migration process.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148979666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Migrations and Mobilities Along China's Belt and Road: Emergent Geographies and Evolving Connectivities","authors":"Rachel Silvey,&nbsp;Kris Hyesoo Lee,&nbsp;Yi'En Cheng,&nbsp;Brenda S. A. Yeoh","doi":"10.1002/psp.70366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70366","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148994121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social Patterning and Spatial Variation in Intergenerational Geographic Proximity in the United Kingdom","authors":"Sen Li,&nbsp;Hill Kulu,&nbsp;Urška Demšar","doi":"10.1002/psp.70373","DOIUrl":"10.1002/psp.70373","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Existing understanding of intergenerational geographic proximity remains limited owing to the complexity inherent in defining geographic proximity and insufficient attention to fine-scale spatial variation. This study focuses on children's proximity to parents, parents' proximity to adult children, and three-generational co-residence among individuals with both living parents and children, thereby capturing multiple kin relations and relational directionality. It further extends previous literature by examining finer-grained spatial variation in these measures alongside individual- and household-level differences. Using data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study, the results show that younger adults are more likely to co-reside with their parents, children, or both, as expected. Higher educational attainment is associated with greater residential distance from parents and children. South Asians tend to maintain closer intergenerational ties through co-residence or nearby residence. Spatial variation is pronounced: individuals in Northern Ireland are more likely to reside with or live near parents or adult children, whereas those in the South, such as London and the South East, are less likely to have their parents or adult children living nearby. Our findings reinforce the life course principle of linked lives, underscoring how living arrangements are interconnected across generations, and demonstrate the importance of adopting dual perspectives when examining geographic proximity within kinship dyads.</p>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/psp.70373","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148934076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Residential Mobility of Mid-Term Temporary Populations: Personal Trajectories and Sociospatial Patterns in Rome","authors":"Barbara Brollo","doi":"10.1002/psp.70370","DOIUrl":"10.1002/psp.70370","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article examines how medium-term temporary dwellers—who have been living in a city for months or a few years without planning to settle in the long term—impact upon intra-urban residential mobility and sociospatial inequalities in Southern European contexts. Building on debates on residential mobility, (im)mobilities and temporary urban populations, the paper argues that these groups should be treated as a distinct and influential mobility actor. Empirically, the study draws on original mixed-methods evidence from Rome, combining a survey and follow-up interviews to link motivations for arrival, housing practices, and intra-urban relocations. Rome is discussed as a relevant Southern European case where post-crisis housing-market restructuring, uneven accessibility and the expansion of platform-mediated rental circuits intensify competition for centrally located housing. The findings show that temporary dwellers' residential movements and strategies contribute to neighbourhood change and can reinforce displacement pressures and unequal access to central and semi-central areas, thereby shaping broader patterns of residential mobility for the overall resident population.</p>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/psp.70370","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148902038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Local Enrollment or Cross-Regional Portability? Public Healthcare Service Utilization and Older Migrants' Settlement Intentions in China","authors":"Cuiying Huang,&nbsp;Zheng Luo,&nbsp;Ye Liu,&nbsp;Zhixin Feng","doi":"10.1002/psp.70372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70372","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>China has substantially reformed its medical insurance system to enable direct cross-regional settlement of medical expenses since the late 2000s, yet little is known about how different forms of medical insurance participation—local enrollment vs. cross-regional portability—differentially shape older migrants' settlement intentions. To address this gap, using nationally representative survey data on 5002 older migrants who have reached the statutory retirement age, this study examines how public healthcare service utilization influences older migrants' settlement intentions in China. Public healthcare service utilization is measured using four indicators: participation in destination-based medical insurance, participation in origin-based medical insurance with direct settlement at the destination, establishment of a local resident health record, and participation in health education activities. Multinomial probit models are used to account for the categorical nature of settlement intentions: no intention, short-term intentions, and long-term intentions. Model results show that older migrants enrolled in destination-based medical insurance are more likely to express long-term settlement intentions, whereas those relying on origin-based insurance with cross-regional settlement tend to exhibit short-term intentions. In addition, older migrants who have established a local resident health record are more likely to express long-term settlement intentions. Furthermore, origin–destination disparities in the quantity and quality of medical service provision significantly moderate the association between medical insurance participation and older migrants' settlement intentions. Our findings advance understanding of older migrants' settlement intentions by revealing the divergent effects of local enrollment and cross-regional portability on long-term vs. short-term settlement, and by highlighting the moderating role of origin–destination disparities in medical service provision, with implications for deepening cross-regional settlement reforms to better facilitate the long-term urban integration of older migrants.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148942627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Why Stay? Local Opportunity Anchoring and Gendered Immobility in Peri-Urban China","authors":"Hongwei Yu,&nbsp;Yufeng Hou","doi":"10.1002/psp.70371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70371","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Why women remain in split households cannot be inferred from residence alone: staying may be desired, accepted, or constrained. Drawing on two interview rounds a year apart and later online follow-up with 10 women in a peri-urban Yunnan village whose partners worked elsewhere, this article examines how staying was sustained as local tourism contracted. Six sustained employment-based staying through other local jobs; three remained through care, schooling, and remittances; one migrated as high household expenses coincided with reduced childcare demands. We define local opportunity anchoring as the employment-based pathway through which work within commuting range sustains the feasibility of residence already organised around care, schooling, and hukou: nearby jobs become usable when social networks convey job information, care arrangements make employment feasible, and earnings meet household-specific needs. The findings separate the feasibility of staying from women's orientations and show how life-course positions, linked lives, and peri-urban accessibility shape divergent trajectories.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148942476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Career Pathways in the Global Labour Market: Non-European Master's Graduates in Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom","authors":"Erik Zeltner,&nbsp;Christof Van Mol","doi":"10.1002/psp.70369","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70369","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper examines the career pathways of international STEM and business master's alumni who graduated in Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom, based on 28 in-depth interviews with international master's graduates from India, China, and Iran. The findings indicate that the career pathways and labour market destinations of non-European master's graduates are significantly influenced by the contextual conditions present in both home and host countries. In contrast to the clear trend in Germany and Italy towards the host labour market or other Western-oriented markets, the data from the United Kingdom indicates that contextual conditions resulted in either a successful transition to the host labour market or a return to the home country. The pursuit of career pathways is also significantly influenced by conditions prevailing in the home country. However, the findings of this study further indicate that these effects are subject to variation depending on the contextual conditions of the respective host country.</p>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/psp.70369","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148942607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Game of Making Money: How Rural Migrant Delivery Riders Are Motivated to Work Very Long Hours in China","authors":"Yu Feng,&nbsp;Paul Waley,&nbsp;Jie Shen","doi":"10.1002/psp.70362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70362","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>What motivates rural migrant delivery riders in China to work very long hours, and how are they managed by their working platforms? This paper investigates the motivations of rural migrant riders in Shanghai to engage in continuous work and examines the management strategies employed by their platforms. Drawing on participant observation and interviews with rural migrant riders working for the two largest on-demand food delivery platforms in China, this paper finds that gamified algorithmic controls incentivize riders' labour. Driven by strict working performance assessment, Shanghai riders are attracted by three types of games: the everyday game of assessing work performance, the game played with their working platforms and the game played among riders. Building on these findings, this article identifies three defining features that condition consent from workers within the platform labour regime: its temporal fragmentation, informational asymmetry and hyper-individualization. The gamification process ultimately aligns with broader trends of datafication within the online food delivery sector. These findings contribute to understandings of labour games in platform economies and offer insights into the emergence of ‘sticky labour’ in exploitative working environments. In doing so, it underscores the contingent, situated nature of labour motivation in the platform economy and extends Burawoy's analysis to digital labour regimes.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148942260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}