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The geographies of recruiting a partner from abroad. An exploration of Swedish data

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  • Östh, John

    (Department of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala University, Sweden)

  • van Ham, Maarten

    (School of Geography & Geosciences, University of St Andrews, Scotland UK)

  • Niedomysl, Thomas

    (Institute for Futures Studies)

Abstract

International marriages are both a result and a driver of higher levels of global mobility and interconnectivity. Increasing ease of air travel for work and leisure, rising numbers of individuals studying, working and travelling abroad, and the emergence of international partnering websites have expanded traditionally local marriage fields – the geographical areas where people meet the partner – to global proportions. This expansion has increased the chance of meeting a potential partner from abroad resulting in an increase in international marriage migration. Recruiting a partner from abroad is surrounded by prejudice and stigma. ‘Knowledge’ about the characteristics of the individual ‘importing’ a partner from abroad is often based on anecdotic evidence and myths. In this paper we explore the factors that determine the probability that a native Swede recruits a partner from abroad. Along with various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the Swede we will pay specific attention to the geographies of marriage migration: the opportunity structure. This study uses longitudinal population data for the whole of Sweden, containing information on all individuals who lived in Sweden between 1994 and 2004. The results from multinomial logistic regression models shed a unique light on gendered and geographic patterns of partner recruitment.

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  • Östh, John & van Ham, Maarten & Niedomysl, Thomas, 2010. "The geographies of recruiting a partner from abroad. An exploration of Swedish data," Arbetsrapport 2009:21, Institute for Futures Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:ifswps:2009_021
    Note: ISSN: 1652-120X ISBN: 978-91-85619-60-3
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    Cited by:

    1. Elwert, Annika, 2016. "Opposites Attract – Evidence of Status Exchange in Ethnic Intermarriages in Sweden," Lund Papers in Economic History 147, Lund University, Department of Economic History.
    2. Annika Elwert, 2020. "Opposites Attract: Assortative Mating and Immigrant–Native Intermarriage in Contemporary Sweden," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 36(4), pages 675-709, September.

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    Keywords

    Migration; International marriage; Marriage migartion; Demographic characteristics; Socioeconomic characteristics; Globalisation; Sweden;
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration

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