Peteke Feijten
Maarten van Ham

http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol17/21/

doi:10.4054/DemRes.2007.17.21

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Abstract
Separation is known to have a disruptive effect on the housing careers of those involved, mainly because a decrease in resources causes (temporary) downward moves on the housing ladder. Little is known about the geographies of the residential mobility behaviour of the separated. Applying a hazard analysis to retrospective life-course data for the Netherlands, we investigate three hypotheses: individuals who experienced separation move more often than do steady singles and people in intact couple relationships, they are less likely to move over long distances, and they move more often to cities than people in intact couple relationships. The results show that separation leads to an increase in mobility, to moves over short distance for men with children, and to a prevalence of the city as a destination of moves.

Author's affiliation
Peteke Feijten
University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
Maarten van Ham
University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

Keywords
divorce, family dynamics, gender, hazard analysis, internal migration, longitudinal analysis, Netherlands, retrospective data, separation, spatial mobility

Word count (Main text)
8541

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