The Impact of Childhood Experiences and Family Members Outside the Household on Residential Environment Choices

Marjolein Blaauboer ()
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Marjolein Blaauboer: Department of Human Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, Amsterdam, 1018 VZ, The Netherlands

Urban Studies, 2011, vol. 48, issue 8, 1635-1650

Abstract: Choices of urban, suburban or rural residential environments have often been studied from a life-course perspective. In this paper, an examination is made of the influence of childhood experiences and of residential environment choices of family members outside the household. It is argued that socialisation, location-specific capital and the wish to maintain close family ties may result in living in a similar residential environment later in life and in similar environments to siblings and parents. Results of multinomial logistic regression analyses of data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study show that the residential environment during childhood is indeed strongly associated with the current residential environment. Moreover, individuals show a strong similarity to their parents and siblings in their residential environment, even after accounting for residential inertia and return migration.

Date: 2011
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