Partner Type Attitudes of Parents and Adolescents: Understanding the Decline in Transnational Partnerships among Turkish Migrants in Flanders

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 1078-1106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelie Van Pottelberge ◽  
Emilien Dupont ◽  
Frank Caestecker ◽  
Bart Van de Putte ◽  
John Lievens
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Partner Selection ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Religious Attendance ◽  
Attitudinal Change ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Turkish Migrants ◽  
Parental Preferences

This article describes an unprecedented decline in transnational partnerships among Turkish migrants in Flanders, using population data on all marriages between 2001 and 2008. Studying parental preferences regarding partner selection, we examine attitudinal mechanisms behind this decline. Based on a representative survey, our first result is that (direct) parental involvement in partner selection is lower among the more recent marriage cohorts. Second, parents and adolescents have moved away from a focus on the origin country in partner selection, while ethnic homogamy remains preferred. Third, openness toward mixed partnerships is found among a small but salient proportion of parents and associated with the religious attendance of male parents. We conclude that an attitudinal shift has occurred from a focus on the origin country to an orientation toward the local (ethnic) community. This decline in transnational partnerships is more a product of intense attitudinal change than a reflection of a policy change in the direction of discouraging partner migration and has implications for the integration and demographic characteristics of Turkish ethnic minorities in Flemish society. Additionally, international migration patterns are affected as the character of long-lasting migration from Turkey to Europe is changing and partner migration, one of the most accessible channels to enter Europe, is rapidly decreasing.

scholarly journals The Determinants of Paternal Involvement in Primiparous Swedish Families

1988 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael E. Lamb ◽  
Carl-Philip Hwang ◽  
Anders Broberg ◽  
Fred L. Bookstein ◽  
Gunilla Hult ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Parental Leave ◽  
Paternal Involvement ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Work Status ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Paternity Leave ◽  
Parental Preferences ◽  
Employment Characteristics ◽  
Over Time

The mothers and fathers of 138 firstborn Swedish children were interviewed when their children averaged 16 months of age and again 12 months later. Questions focused on demographic characteristics, employment characteristics, division of paid and unpaid parental leave, amount of paternal involvement in the weeks preceding the two assesssment phases, division of parental responsibilities, and the child's parental preferences. Analyses conducted using the Partial Least Squares (soft modelling) technique revealed that fathers were more involved at 28 months when their partners worked more, when the fathers assumed more responsibility for childcare chores, and when the fathers had been more involved 12 months earlier. Paternal involvement at 16 months was likewise determined by maternal and paternal work status, and the amount of maternity and paternity leave taken in the preceding months. The data thus reveal substantial stability over time in the degree of paternal involvement. Fathers were also more involved with daughters. Socioeconomic status (SES) did not significantly predict paternal involvement.

scholarly journals Reasons to postpone or renounce childbearing during fertility decline in Finland

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kateryna Savelieva ◽  
Markus Jokela ◽  
Anna Rotkirch
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Fertility Decline ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Work Orientation ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Life Situation ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Work Related

We examined self-reported reasons to postpone or renounce childbearing during fertility decline in Finland in 2010s and their associations with socio-demographic and lifestyle factors, including social media use and work-related attitudes. Using representative survey data from Finnish Family Barometers, the sample comprised participants aged 20-44 who did not plan having children soon. Based on exploratory factor analysis, self-reported reasons were grouped into perceived uncertainty, childfree preference, and completed fertility factors. More stable life situation, infrequent social media use, lower work-orientation were related to lower perceived uncertainty, whereas being a woman, having no children, frequent social media use, and higher work-orientation were associated with increased childfree preferences. Perceived uncertainty and childfree preferences may contribute to recent fertility decline by influencing childbearing decisions, independently of socio-demographic characteristics.

The Sixteenth-Century Zinacantepec Census: Between Ethnohistory and Historical Demography

Ethnohistory ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-315
Author(s):  
Amos Megged
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Central Mexico ◽  
Population Movements ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Spanish Conquest ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Toluca Valley ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Town

Abstract While earlier census studies yielded population data mainly for the Tepetlaoztoc and Morelos regions of central Mexico during the 1530s and 1540s, this ethnohistoric study, based on a newly discovered manuscript, sheds light on household types and population density in the town of Zinacantepec by 1574. By comparing population figures, household types, and migration patterns, this article reconsiders how Aztec invasion, and thereafter the Spanish conquest, affected population movements and stability in the Valley of Toluca, a former Aztec stronghold in central Mexico. Furthermore, the nature of Toluca Valley habitats may prompt us to rethink about how we interpret the nature of indigenous demographic layouts before and after the Spanish conquest, whether its features be urban or rural.

Trends in Cochlear Implantation in Texas: An Exploration of Outpatient Discharge Data, 2010 to 2017

2021 ◽  
pp. 000348942110080
Author(s):  
Sanjana Balachandra ◽  
Imam M. Xierali ◽  
Marc A. Nivet ◽  
Jacob B. Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Cochlear Implantation ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Data File ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Community Survey ◽  
Insurance Status ◽  
Discharge Data ◽  
Asian Patients ◽  
Hispanic Populations ◽  
Race Ethnicity

Objectives: To describe trends in cochlear implantation (CI) disparities in Texas using an all-payer database from 2010 to 2017. Methods: Texas Outpatient Surgical and Radiological Procedure Data, a public use data file, was accessed to analyze outpatient CI cases for Texas. Variables analyzed include patient age, sex, race/ethnicity, and insurance status. Population data from the American Community Survey generated CI utilization rates by patient demographic characteristics. Results: There were 6158 CI cases identified during the study period. The number of CI per year nearly doubled from 497 in 2010 to 961 in 2017. The majority of CI recipients were white (59.5%), male (51.9%), and privately insured (47.9%). All sub-populations statewide had more CI in 2017 compared to 2010, with the overall CI per 100 000 population increasing from 1.98 to 3.50 per 100 000 population. Patients over 75 demonstrated the greatest increase in the CI rate per 100 000 population, increasing from 4.60 in 2010 to 14.30 in 2017. Regarding race/ethnicity, all sub-populations noted an increase in the CI per 100 000 population, with white patients demonstrating the highest rate in 2017, at 4.36 CI per 100 000 population. Asian patients had a 502% increase in the CI rate (from 0.42 to 2.53), compared with 87.9%, 84.4%, and 69.2% increases for white, Black, and Hispanic populations, respectively. Conclusions: CI became more widespread between 2010 and 2017, benefiting certain populations more than others. Black and Hispanic populations had lower CI per 100 000 population than their white peers, while patients >65 years of age accounted for the greatest increase in CI.

scholarly journals The mediation of matchmaking: a comparative study of gender and generational preference in online dating websites and offline blind date markets in Chengdu

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Rose Kirk ◽  
Shriyam Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Parental Influences ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Individual Preferences ◽  
Matching Process ◽  
Parental Preferences ◽  
Unique Dataset

AbstractOnline dating has modernized traditional partner search methods, allowing individuals to seek a partner that aligns with their preferences for attributes such as age, height, location, or education. Yet traditional forms of partner selection still exist, with continued parental involvement in the matching process. In this paper, we exploit different matchmaking methods with varying degrees of youth autonomy versus parental involvement. We use a unique dataset collected in Chengdu, China, where profiles from the blind date market (n = 158) capture parental preferences and profiles from an online dating website (n = 500) capture individual preferences. Regarding gender, we find that men generally display a desire for women younger, shorter, and less educated than themselves, while women desire older and taller men of the same education as themselves. With regards to parental influences, we find parents specify a narrower range of accepted partner attributes. Further, we find an interaction effect between gender and generational influences: the preferences of parents advertising their daughters on the blind date market show a greater discrepancy in attribute preferences to the online daters than parents advertising their sons.

scholarly journals A digital public sphere:

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (68) ◽  
pp. 126-146
Author(s):  
Hilde Sakariassen
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Public Deliberation ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Nationally Representative

Social network sites (SNS) have the potential of providing new and more egalitarian spaces for public deliberation, and researchers, media and politicians often discuss them in those terms. Still, little attention is given to how ordinary users perceive SNS as spaces for public deliberation. This study addresses this gap by investigating how SNS generally are perceived by the users as potential spaces for public deliberation and if this perception is conditioned by demographic characteristics, such as age, gender, level of education, use of Twitter, and activity in SNS. The study draws on users of SNS in a nationally representative survey from Norway (N=1699). The results show signifi cant diff erences in the perception of SNS as spaces for public deliberation according to both demographic characteristics and activity. More importantly, even if people are aware of SNS being portrayed as spaces for public deliberation, few are found to use them in such a way.

scholarly journals Advances in mapping population and demographic characteristics at small-area levels

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. i15-i25
Author(s):  
Daniela Fecht ◽  
Samantha Cockings ◽  
Susan Hodgson ◽  
Frédéric B Piel ◽  
David Martin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Small Area ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Population Characteristics ◽  
Population Census ◽  
The Us

Abstract Temporally and spatially highly resolved information on population characteristics, including demographic profile (e.g. age and sex), ethnicity and socio-economic status (e.g. income, occupation, education), are essential for observational health studies at the small-area level. Time-relevant population data are critical as denominators for health statistics, analytics and epidemiology, to calculate rates or risks of disease. Demographic and socio-economic characteristics are key determinants of health and important confounders in the relationship between environmental contaminants and health. In many countries, census data have long been the source of small-area population denominators and confounder information. A strength of the traditional census model has been its careful design and high level of population coverage, allowing high-quality detailed data to be released for small areas periodically, e.g. every 10 years. The timeliness of data, however, becomes a challenge when temporally and spatially highly accurate annual (or even more frequent) data at high spatial resolution are needed, for example, for health surveillance and epidemiological studies. Additionally, the approach to collecting demographic population information is changing in the era of open and big data and may eventually evolve to using combinations of administrative and other data, supplemented by surveys. We discuss different approaches to address these challenges including (i) the US American Community Survey, a rolling sample of the US population census, (ii) the use of spatial analysis techniques to compile temporally and spatially high-resolution demographic data and (iii) the use of administrative and big data sources as proxies for demographic characteristics.

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