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{"title":"Marital Status, Cohabitation and Intentions of Workers to Move to Less Developed Areas","authors":"Yuyao Liu,&nbsp;Linghan Ge,&nbsp;Chenxiao Wang,&nbsp;Eric Fong","doi":"10.1002/psp.70364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70364","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>While migration for ‘love in destinations’ has gained attention, the link between partnerships, beyond the married-unmarried dichotomy, in home societies and migration intentions remains underexplored. Meanwhile, economies in the Global South are becoming attractive for talent, yet little is known about intentions of workers to migrate within this region. This study analyzes how marital status and cohabitation relate to Hong Kong workers’ intentions to move to less developed Mainland Chinese cities. Using survey data, it compares short-term (within 5 years) and long-term migration intentions across single, partnered non-cohabiting, cohabiting and married workers. Short-term intentions are higher among married or cohabiting men than single men. Long-term intentions are stronger among married than single women. Family presence moderates these associations. Workers with non-cohabitating partners do not differ from single counterparts. Findings highlighted the role of partnerships and living arrangements on migration intentions and contributed novel insights for theorizing educated migration.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148942290","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":"Migration Security and Regional Socio-Economic Resilience in Ukraine: Dynamics, Differentiation and Implications","authors":"Vitaliy Krupin,&nbsp;Olha Mulska,&nbsp;Ihor Baranyak,&nbsp;Marta Kunytska-Ilyash","doi":"10.1002/psp.70365","DOIUrl":"10.1002/psp.70365","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ukraine presents a critical case for understanding how migration processes shape regional socio-economic resilience, yet no regionally explicit framework has previously linked internal and external migration security to territorial differentiation across its oblasts. This article addresses that gap by developing a composite regional indicator integrating internal and external migration security dimensions, applied to 24 oblasts over 2010–2021, that captures both the scale and directional influence of migration on regional resilience. Results reveal substantial differentiation that does not follow conventional macro-regional lines: mean values range from 0.826 in Kyiv oblast to 0.421 in Zakarpattia, yet western and eastern industrial oblasts differ little as groups (0.606 and 0.630) relative to the spread within each, with Chernivtsi, a western border oblast, ranking second nationally and Ternopil, a western agrarian oblast, ninth. Level and temporal stability prove largely independent: the most volatile region, Kharkiv, moved repeatedly between the top and the bottom of the national distribution, while cross-regional dispersion widened over the period, indicating divergence rather than uniform decline. Extended to 2022–2024, a separate contextual analysis drawing on aggregate official, IOM and UNHCR data examines how far this pre-war geography corresponds to the uneven consequences of wartime displacement, with 10.5 million people having fled Ukraine and 3.7 million internally displaced by August 2024; the correspondence is partial, and this extension is interpretive rather than a formal causal test. The framework provides both a replicable measurement tool and an empirical baseline for post-war regional recovery analysis.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148860794","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":"Family Formation and Residential Mobility: How Do Fertility and Mobility Intentions Influence Residential Mobility?","authors":"Sarah Christison,&nbsp;Hill Kulu,&nbsp;Katherine Keenan,&nbsp;Francesca Fiori","doi":"10.1002/psp.70363","DOIUrl":"10.1002/psp.70363","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this study, we examine the association between fertility and mobility intentions, and residential mobility. Existing literature suggests a link between family formation and residential moves. However, these studies have not explored the interaction between fertility intentions and mobility intentions, or how they interact with micro-level, individual factors such as current family size and housing context, or temporal effects that can serve as proxies for macro-level contextual factors, such as changes in the housing market or economy. Utilising harmonised data from the British Household Panel Survey and the UK Household Longitudinal Survey, and employing event history analysis techniques, we investigate the interaction between the two life course domains of fertility and residential mobility. We consider not only how jointly held intentions influence the likelihood of a residential relocation, but also how the influence of these intentions varies across population subgroups and over time, particularly focusing on the effect of the 2008 financial crisis. We find that intending to have a(nother) child does increase the likelihood of a residential move; however, this association varies based on individual-level characteristics and contextual factors. Intentions to have a child in the future are only positively associated with residential mobility for women intending a higher-order birth and those who are married. Moreover, the positive association between fertility intentions and residential moves for mothers was observed only prior to the 2008 financial crisis. The financial crisis also affected the relationship between mobility intentions and the likelihood of a move, with individuals less likely to realise their mobility intentions following the financial crash and subsequent recession. This temporal effect suggests that people may be more limited in their ability to fulfil their mobility intentions under challenging economic conditions and unfavourable housing markets.</p>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/psp.70363","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148860808","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":"Healing at Home or Re-Marginalisation? Perceived Neighbourhood Environment, Sense of Belonging and Mental Health of Return Migrants in Peri-Urban China","authors":"Lingling Su,&nbsp;Enyu Chang","doi":"10.1002/psp.70359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70359","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Amidst China's transition into a new phase of urbanisation, the mental health of return migrants has emerged as a critical issue. Whether returning to rural communities offers the spiritual solace of ‘healing at home’ or precipitates a descent into ‘re-marginalisation’ remains poorly understood, particularly in metropolitan peri-urban villages where remembered hometowns are being reshaped by urbanisation. Drawing on the survey of return migrants in peri-urban Zhengzhou, this study constructs and validates a moderated mediation model based on field survey data to systematically investigate the mechanisms underlying the impact of neighbourhood environmental perception on the mental health of returnees. The findings reveal that: (1) more favourable perceptions of both built and social neighbourhood environments were associated with fewer mental health problems, and perceived built environment was positively associated with perceived social environment; (2) multi-scalar sense of belonging played a mediating role in the associations between perceived neighbourhood environments and mental health, with village belonging representing the more prominent mediating pathway and highlighting the role of emotional identification in return migrants' post-return adaptation; and (3) migration experience moderated the association between village belonging and mental health: longer out-migration duration attenuated the protective association of village belonging with mental health, whereas a higher host-city tier and greater perceived social exclusion strengthened its negative association with mental health problems. This study uncovers the spatial-emotional interactive mechanisms of psychological adaptation among return migrants, providing a robust theoretical basis and practical pathways for enhancing the mental health of returnee populations through the improvement of human settlements and community governance.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148816532","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":"Crossing Boundaries in Myanmar: Strategies of Boundary-Making vis-à-vis Nativist Citizenship Imaginary","authors":"Eduardo Sánchez Molano","doi":"10.1002/psp.70361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70361","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This article examines popular narratives in Myanmar that use physical characteristics, such as skin colour, to argue that certain minority groups are non-native and originally from the Indian subcontinent, and how effectively the military junta has enforced this view. Using Andreas Wimmer's (2013) typology of boundary-making strategies, this research examines the experiences of unofficial Muslim minorities in the townships of Mingala Taungnyunt and Tamwe, Yangon, before the 2021 military coup, as well as early coup accounts, to discuss alleged discriminatory rhetoric by the Burmese State in determining who qualifies as part of the population it governs. The analysis is situated within the Citizenship Law of 1982, which created distinct categories of citizenship, and the supposedly privileged position of the Bamar people within the official list of 135 national races, tracing incentives for both closure and strategic inclusion. A first-glance examination of discourses from above may suggest that physical traits are used to restrict access to resources and affirm group identities, with extreme categorisation increasing reliance on markers of distinction. Yet a deeper analysis from below reveals that association and discrimination extend beyond racial or ethnic prejudice, with many individuals unaware of their friends' and relatives' ethnic backgrounds. I argue that this apparent contradiction reflects not inconsistent enforcement, but strategic ambiguity: the state's classificatory apparatus is intentionally loose, and this looseness leaves room for individuals to negotiate, contest and reshape the boundaries it imposes. This research demonstrates how individuals engage with, challenge and reshape these processes, even as local governments manipulate citizenship membership.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148816533","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":"Boomerang Young Adults in Seoul, South Korea: Residential Pathways, Health and Social Attitudes","authors":"Gum-Ryeong Park,&nbsp;Jiawei Wu","doi":"10.1002/psp.70360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70360","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Leaving the parental home is a key transition to adulthood. However, recent sociodemographic changes have produced more diverse residential pathways such as delayed home-leaving or returning to the parental home (‘boomerang movers’). While prior research has focused on the characteristics and determinants of these patterns, few studies have examined how various residential pathways are related to trajectories of health and social attitudes in Korea. We used longitudinal data from the annual Seoul Young Adult Panel Study (2021–2024) of individuals aged 18–34 interviewed ≥ 2 waves (<i>n</i> = 4895) and identified 4 residential pathways: persistent coresidence, persistent independence, boomerang and transition into independence. Outcomes were self-rated health, suicidal ideation, social outlook (expectations regarding Korea's future relative to the present) and perceived social fairness. Mixed-effects models were then estimated to examine differences in levels and rates across pathways. Compared with persistent coresidence, persistent independence was associated with a lower probability of reporting suicidal ideation at baseline and slower decreases over time. Boomerang adults had lower self-rated health and higher suicidal ideation at baseline. However, they showed greater improvements over time: faster gains in self-rated health, a more rapid decline in the likelihood of reporting suicidal ideation, larger increases in perceived social fairness and a less pronounced decline in social outlook. No significant differences were observed for the transition into independence group. Overall, residential pathways are linked to distinct trajectories of health and social attitudes during emerging adulthood. Boomerang living reflects initial disadvantages, gradual improvements and adaptation among urban young adults.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148816531","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":"Not Just Money or Jobs: How Family and Policy Shape Heterogeneous Configurations of Urban-to-Rural Talent Migration Decisions?","authors":"Hang Liu,&nbsp;Guosheng Deng,&nbsp;Bingling Wei","doi":"10.1002/psp.70357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70357","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Attracting and retaining skilled individuals remains a central challenge for rural development. This study examines how push, pull, and capability conditions combine to shape urban-to-rural talent migration decisions in China. Drawing on a survey of 1551 respondents across six provinces in eastern, central and western China, the study applies fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to examine the configurational effects of urban quality-of-life pressures, family care obligations, rural development prospects, PA, hometown attachment and self-efficacy. The findings show that no single condition is necessary for an urban-to-rural migration decision. Instead, six sufficient configurations are grouped into four broader types: family-care-centred configurations, an external-attraction configuration, a need-fulfilment configuration and a capability-enabled attraction configuration. Family care obligations and PA are prominent but configuration-dependent conditions, whereas urban quality-of-life pressures operate primarily as a peripheral contextual condition. By integrating push, pull and capability perspectives within a configurational framework, this study advances a talent-centred account of counter-urbanisation. The findings suggest that rural talent policies should move beyond uniform incentives and address heterogeneous combinations of family needs, perceived opportunities, place-based ties and individual capabilities.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148785188","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":"In Pursuit of Spatial, Life-Course and Social Mobilities: Aspiring Filipino Seafarers Acquiring Migration Ability Through Servitude","authors":"Roderick Galam","doi":"10.1002/psp.70358","DOIUrl":"10.1002/psp.70358","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article examines aspiring Filipino seafarers' pursuit of the <i>triple mobilities</i>: spatial (migration), life course (education to work, youth to adulthood) and social. It focuses on those working as ‘utility cadets’ for manning agencies that supply seafarers to ship operators in exchange for a ship placement. Its aims are twofold. Based on long-term research and drawing on interviews with utility cadets, successful seafarers who were once utility cadets, and parents or older siblings of utility cadets, it first conceptualises as <i>ability acquisition</i> how aspiring Filipino seafarers turn servitude into a strategy to accumulate the ability to migrate. Second, it shows how this spatial mobility enables their life-course and social mobilities, and accounts for how these three mobilities are interconnected. The <i>pace of life-course mobility</i> shaped and was shaped by the <i>degree</i> of the seafarers' contribution to their family's <i>social mobility</i>, and both constituted and were constituted by the seafarers' rank in the seafaring labour hierarchy, which determined their salary. The article further conceptualises the intertwinement of the triple mobilities by explaining their negotiation through processes of <i>convergence</i> and <i>divergence</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/psp.70358","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148768442","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 Factors Driving Migration Intentions and Destination Preferences in Central, East, and Southeast European Countries","authors":"Antea Barišić,&nbsp;Mahdi Ghodsi,&nbsp;Alireza Sabouniha,&nbsp;Robert Stehrer","doi":"10.1002/psp.70353","DOIUrl":"10.1002/psp.70353","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper studies the determinants of the intentions to emigrate and conditional on migration aspirations, the destination choice in a number of Central East and Southeast European economies (CESEE). Using data from the OeNB Euro Survey, we apply a two-stage Heckman procedure to identify the drivers of migration intentions – specifically individuals' demographic and household attributes, financial conditions, past economic experiences, and future expectations. In the second stage, conditional on the stated intention to migrate, we examine the determinants of destination choice, distinguishing between EU15, EU-CEE, and extra-EU countries. This micro-level evidence indicates that economic and financial conditions (past, present, and expected) play an important role in shaping migration intentions, while non-economic factors, including individual demographic and family attributes, as well as network ties, also exert important influence. Destination preferences, conditional on an already existing intention to migrate are not simply a mechanical extension of intention determinants. The choice of the destination region is determined mostly by marital status, educational attainment, and GDP per capita variables in the origin and destination region. This reflects the conceptualisation of migration as a two-stage decision process, distinguishing between entry into the pool of potential migrants and destination choice within that pool. This stage-specific perspective thus allows to differentiate determinants of intentions and destination choice of prospective mobility, that empirical results based on actual migration decisions cannot deliver.</p>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/psp.70353","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148768437","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":"Reconceptualising Social Integration: Experiences of Internal Youth Migrants in Ghana","authors":"Francis Diawuo Darko,&nbsp;Susanne Schech,&nbsp;Udoy Saikia","doi":"10.1002/psp.70355","DOIUrl":"10.1002/psp.70355","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Research on migrant social integration has focused mainly on international migration, leaving internal migration, especially in the Global South, underexplored as a site of theory‑building. This paper reconceptualises social integration through an empirical study of young internal migrants in Sunyani, Ghana, a secondary city characterised by informality and decentralised governance. Drawing on a mixed‑methods design of survey data and qualitative narrative interviews, the analysis shows that integration is not a linear or place‑bound outcome but a negotiated process shaped by material precarity, social relations, institutional mediation, and sustained connections to places of origin. While economic participation and co‑ethnic bonding networks enable survival in the informal economy, limited cross‑group trust and exclusionary encounters with local authorities constrain broader inclusion. Importantly, the paper advances translocality as a constitutive dimension of social integration, showing that ongoing obligations to origin communities function as adaptive strategies for managing risk and belonging in contexts of weak urban safety nets, while simultaneously reshaping local embedding. By foregrounding internal migration in a secondary African city, the study challenges state‑centred and settlement‑based integration models and contributes to population geography by reframing social integration as a spatially distributed, relational process within national borders.</p>","PeriodicalId":48067,"journal":{"name":"Population Space and Place","volume":"32 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/psp.70355","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148768441","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}