Ansari-Thomas Zohra
Population Studies Center & Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
J Fam Issues. 2024 Mar;45(3):744-769. doi: 10.1177/0192513x231155660. Epub 2023 Feb 15.
Studies in the United Kingdom have shown distinctions in intergenerational co-residency between UK-born and foreign-born individuals, however, little research has examined how factors such as immigrant incorporation, economic adaptation, and kin availability shape household formation patterns among immigrants. This paper uses data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study (2009-2010) to explore differences in the likelihood of UK-born and foreign-born working-aged adults to co-reside with at least one parent, highlighting distinctions by life stage (age) at migration and gender. Results show that, regardless of life stage at migration, foreign-born women and men are less likely to co-reside with parents than UK-born, however, intergenerational co-residency is high among some second-generation immigrant groups, particularly UK-born Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi individuals. These findings challenge cultural assumptions about household formation patterns and point to the need for additional research on how economic inequality, kin availability, and gender norms shape immigrant household composition.
英国的研究表明，在英国出生的人和外国出生的人在代际共居方面存在差异，然而，很少有研究探讨移民融入、经济适应和亲属可及性等因素如何塑造移民家庭形成模式。本文利用英国家庭纵向研究（2009 - 2010年）的数据，探讨在英国出生和外国出生的劳动年龄成年人与至少一位父母共居可能性的差异，突出按移民时的生活阶段（年龄）和性别划分的差异。结果显示，无论移民时的生活阶段如何，外国出生的女性和男性与父母共居的可能性都低于在英国出生的人，然而，在一些第二代移民群体中，代际共居比例较高，尤其是在英国出生的印度、巴基斯坦和孟加拉国裔个人中。这些发现挑战了关于家庭形成模式的文化假设，并指出需要进一步研究经济不平等、亲属可及性和性别规范如何塑造移民家庭构成。
