Reiner, Amelie (2021) Differences in parental proximity of children of immigrants and natives in Germany. Master thesis.
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Abstract
Family geography is the result of migration decisions. Intergenerational proximity enables frequent face-to-face contact and support exchange and thus, has been suggested to indicate family solidarity. Research has identified the migration status to be an important determinant of intergenerational proximity, whereby consensus has not been reached. Even though one third of the people with migration background in Germany are children of immigrants, hardly any research has yet focused on the parental distances of children of immigrants compared to natives. Feelings of higher family solidarity and support exchange have been found among immigrant families, suggesting children of immigrants to rather live in parental proximity than natives. Following the theoretical assumption, this master thesis addresses the research gap by a two-fold approach. By using data of the German Socio-Economic Panel, firstly, differences in parental proximity will be examined, and subsequently associated factors with distance of adult children to their parents identified. Results suggest that children of immigrants are indeed more likely to live close to their parents (< 40 km) than natives. However, migration status is not significantly associated with parental distance among those living far away. It can be concluded that migration status is particularly salient when determining parental proximity, whereby future research should differentiate between migrant generations.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Population Studies |
| Supervisor: | Palomares Linares, M.I. |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Aug 2021 13:44 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Aug 2021 13:44 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3649 |
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