<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In a context of increasing pluralization and individualization of family forms, families would often develop through (individual) spatial mobility. This challenges a dominant view of the family that emphasises spatial proximity and residential stability in a conducive environment for family development. Using data from the Swiss survey Family tiMes and multi-channel sequence analysis, this article examines the links between residential context, residential mobility and family development over the life course.</p></abstract>

In a context of increasing pluralization and individualization of family forms, families would often develop through (individual) spatial mobility. This challenges a dominant view of the family that emphasises spatial proximity and residential stability in a conducive environment for family development. Using data from the Swiss survey Family tiMes and multi-channel sequence analysis, this article examines the links between residential context, residential mobility and family development over the life course.

Family Development and Residential Trajectories of Two Birth Cohorts Living in Switzerland: Between Individualization and Standardization

Centre de recherche sur les parcours de vie et les inégalités

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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In a context of increasing pluralization and individualization of family forms, families would often develop through (individual) spatial mobility. This...

Family Development and Residential Trajectories of Two Birth Cohorts Living in Switzerland: Between Individualization and Standardization

Pubblicato online: 17 ago 2019

Pagine: 185 - 214

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2019-0009

Parole chiave
residential mobility, family, fertility, sequence analysis, life course

© 2019 Jacques-Antoine Gauthier et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Family Development and Residential Trajectories of Two Birth Cohorts Living in Switzerland: Between Individualization and Standardization

Pubblicato online: 17 ago 2019

Pagine: 185 - 214

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2019-0009

Parole chiaveresidential mobility, family, fertility, sequence analysis, life course

© 2019 Jacques-Antoine Gauthier et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
residential mobility, family, fertility, sequence analysis, life course