Volume 49 - Article 12 | Pages 295–308  

Stability in children’s residential arrangements and distance to nonresident parents in the 10 years after parental separation

By Zuzana Žilinčíková, Gabriela Caceres Ojeda Freitas, Christine Schnor

References

Berger, L.M., Brown, P.R., Joung, E., Melli, M.S., and Wimer, L. (2008). The stability of child physical placements following divorce: Descriptive evidence from Wisconsin. Journal of Marriage and Family 70(2): 273–283.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Dommermuth, L. (2016). Children as family commuters: The geographical distance between nonresident parents and children in Norway. Oslo: Statistics Norway, Discussion Papers 841.

Dujeu, M., Lebacq, T., Moreau, N., Pedroni, C., Castetbon, K., and Godin, I. (2018). Living arrangements after family split-up, well-being and health of adolescents in French-speaking Belgium. Revue d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique 66: 372.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Dunn, J., Cheng, H., O’Connor, T.G., and Bridges, L. (2004). Children’s perspectives on their relationships with their nonresident fathers: influences, outcomes and implications. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 45(3): 553–566.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Feijten, P. and van Ham, M. (2013). The consequences of divorce and splitting up for spatial mobility in the UK. Comparative Population Studies 38(2).

Weblink:
Download reference:

Ferrari, G., Bonnet, C., and Solaz, A. (2019). Will the one who keeps the children keep the house?’ Residential mobility after divorce by parenthood status and custody arrangements in France. Demographic Research 40(14): 359–394.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Gram-Hanssen, K. and Bech-Danielsen, C. (2008). Home dissolution: What happens after separation? Housing Studies 23(3): 507–522.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Kalmijn, M. (2015). How childhood circumstances moderate the long-term impact of divorce on father–child relationships. Journal of Marriage and Family 77(4): 921–938.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Mulder, C. H. and Wagner, M. (2010). Union dissolution and mobility: Who moves from the family home after separation? Journal of Marriage and Family 72(5): 1263–1273.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Sodermans, A.K., Matthijs, K., and Swicegood, G. (2013). Characteristics of joint physical custody families in Flanders. Demographic Research 28(29): 821–848.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Sodermans, A.K., Vanassche, S., Matthijs, K., and Swicegood, G. (2014). Measuring postdivorce living arrangements: Theoretical and empirical validation of the residential calendar. Journal of Family Issues 35(1): 125–145.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Stjernström, O. and Strömgren, M. (2012). Geographical distance between children and absent parents in separated families. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography 94(3): 239–253.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Theunis, L., Eeckhaut, M.C.W., and Van Bavel, J. (2018). Who leaves the joint home after separation? The role of partners’ absolute and relative education in Belgium. European Sociological Review 34(6): 659–674.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Thomas, M.J., Mulder, C.H., and Cooke, T.J. (2018). Geographical distances between separated parents: A longitudinal analysis. European Journal of Population 34(4): 463–489.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Thomas, M.J., Mulder, C.H., and Cooke, T.J. (2017). Linked lives and constrained spatial mobility: The case of moves related to separation among families with children. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 42(4): 597–611.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Turunen, J., Brandén, M., and Lundström, K. (2023). Geographical distance between child and parent after a union dissolution in Sweden, 1974–2011. Demographic Research 48(17): 439–482.

Weblink:
Download reference:

van der Wiel, R. and Kooiman, N. (2019). Children of separated parents: registered versus reported place of residence. The Hague: Statistics Netherlands.

van der Wiel, R., Kooiman, N., and Mulder, C.H. (2021). Family complexity and parents’ migration: The role of repartnering and distance to non-resident children. European Journal of Population 37(4): 877–907.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Vanassche, S. (2013). Stepfamily configurations and trajectories following parental divorce. A quantitative study on stepfamily situations, stepfamily relationships and the wellbeing of children. Leuven: KU Leuven.

Download reference:

Vanassche, S., Sodermans, A.K., Declerck, C., and Matthijs, K. (2017). Alternating residence for children after parental separation: Recent findings from Belgium. Family Court Review 55(4): 545–555.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Viry, G. (2014). Coparenting and children’s adjustment to divorce: The role of geographical distance from fathers. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage 55(7): 503–526.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Westphal, S.K., Poortman, A.R., and Lippe, T. (2014). Non-resident father–child contact across divorce cohorts: The role of father involvement during marriage. European Sociological Review 30(4): 444–456.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Zartler, U. (2021). Children and parents after separation. In: Schneider, N.F. and Kreyenfeld, M. (eds.). Research handbook on the sociology of the family. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing: 300–313.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Back to the article