Together or apart? Spousal migration and reunification practices of recent refugees to Germany

Abstract: This study examines migration and reunification processes among recent male and female refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria in Germany. Specifically, we analyse different types of spousal migration practices (joint arrival versus arriving alone) and the probability of reunification with the left-behind partner after one year of geographic separation, and to what extent this is shaped by socio-economic conditions, children, family networks, and the legal situation of married men and women. Using data from the first and second wave of the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees, collected in 2016 and 2017 in Germany, and applying logistic regression models, we disentangle the heterogeneity of refugees' migration processes. The results show that couples with minor children are more likely to migrate together compared to childless couples or those with adult children only, and that men and women’s solo migration is associated with the presence of other family members at the destination

Object Details

• Alternative title: Zusammen oder getrennt? Paarspezifische Migrations- und Familiennachzugspraktiken von neu angekommenen Geflüchteten in Deutschland
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Zeitschrift für Familienforschung ; 31 (2019) 3 ; 303-332

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
• (when): 2019
• Creator: Kraus, Elisabeth K. ; Sauer, Lenore ; Wenzel, Laura

Further information

• DOI: 10.3224/zff.v31i3.04
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-65682-6
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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