1. Moving and union dissolution.
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Boyle PJ, Kulu H, Cooke T, Gayle V, and Mulder CH
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Adult, Austria, Canada, Demography, Emigration and Immigration trends, Europe, Female, Geography, Humans, Male, Models, Statistical, New Zealand, Population Dynamics trends, Retrospective Studies, Risk, United States, Emigration and Immigration statistics & numerical data, Marital Status statistics & numerical data, Population Dynamics statistics & numerical data
- Abstract
This paper examines the effect of migration and residential mobility on union dissolution among married and cohabiting couples. Moving is a stressful life event, and a large, multidisciplinary literature has shown that family migration often benefits one partner (usually the man) more than the other Even so, no study to date has examined the possible impact of within-nation geographical mobility on union dissolution. We base our longitudinal analysis on retrospective event-history data from Austria. Our results show that couples who move frequently have a significantly higher risk of union dissolution, and we suggest a variety of mechanisms that may explain this.
- Published
- 2008
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