Francesca Michielin
Clara H. Mulder

http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol17/22/

doi:10.4054/DemRes.2007.17.22

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Abstract
We investigate the determinants of geographical distances to parents. We focus on the role of family members who live outside the household (the parents themselves, and siblings), and on the distinction between the effects of life events and effects related to the timing with which these events have been experienced in the life course. We use data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study and linear regression models on the logarithm of distance. We find that life-course characteristics are much more important to the distance to parents than parental characteristics. Sibling characteristics, most notably the presence of a sister, also have an impact on this distance.

Author's affiliation
Francesca Michielin
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Clara H. Mulder
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Keywords
distances between adult children and their parents, intergenerational proximity

Word count (Main text)
5912

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