Internal Migration and Loneliness in Childhood

The negative impact of childhood internal migration on diverse life outcomes is well documented. The main hypothesis to explain this association is the severance of social ties. However, empirical evidence on the link between internal migration and loneliness in childhood is critically lacking. We a...

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Autores: Bernard, Aude, McMullin, Patricia, Vidal, Sergi|||0000-0003-4011-2077
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Ageing and retirement in Europe
Europe
Internal migration
Lifetime migration
Residential mobility
Social networks
Survey of Health
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spelling Internal Migration and Loneliness in Childhoodthe Moderating Role of Family Structure and Cultural IndividualismBernard, AudeMcMullin, PatriciaVidal, Sergi|||0000-0003-4011-2077Ageing and retirement in EuropeEuropeInternal migrationLifetime migrationResidential mobilitySocial networksSurvey of HealthThe negative impact of childhood internal migration on diverse life outcomes is well documented. The main hypothesis to explain this association is the severance of social ties. However, empirical evidence on the link between internal migration and loneliness in childhood is critically lacking. We address this gap by establishing the association between childhood loneliness and inter and intra-regional migration in Europe. Using retrospective life-history data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe in 26 countries, we run a series of country-fixed effect logistic regression for cohorts born before 1967. We find that the probability of often being lonely is 25-39 per cent higher among children who moved at least once, although having siblings exert a strong protective effect. The strength of the association between loneliness and internal migration dissipates with duration of residence, suggesting that children progressively adjust to new surroundings, particularly if they migrated before starting school. However, the mitigating role of duration of residence diminishes with the number of past moves. Despite the limitations of retrospective survey data, our results show a clear association between internal migration and loneliness, highlight the increased risks of chronic migration among children and lend support to the loss-of-social-networks theory, particularly in individualist societies where friendship plays a greater role in social networks and where children consistently report higher levels of loneliness.Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics 22025-01-0120252025-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/318722https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s10680-025-09741-xreponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengEuropean Commission https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 101043981open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:3187222026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Internal Migration and Loneliness in Childhood
the Moderating Role of Family Structure and Cultural Individualism
title Internal Migration and Loneliness in Childhood
spellingShingle Internal Migration and Loneliness in Childhood
Bernard, Aude
Ageing and retirement in Europe
Europe
Internal migration
Lifetime migration
Residential mobility
Social networks
Survey of Health
title_short Internal Migration and Loneliness in Childhood
title_full Internal Migration and Loneliness in Childhood
title_fullStr Internal Migration and Loneliness in Childhood
title_full_unstemmed Internal Migration and Loneliness in Childhood
title_sort Internal Migration and Loneliness in Childhood
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bernard, Aude
McMullin, Patricia
Vidal, Sergi|||0000-0003-4011-2077
author Bernard, Aude
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McMullin, Patricia
Vidal, Sergi|||0000-0003-4011-2077
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Vidal, Sergi|||0000-0003-4011-2077
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ageing and retirement in Europe
Europe
Internal migration
Lifetime migration
Residential mobility
Social networks
Survey of Health
topic Ageing and retirement in Europe
Europe
Internal migration
Lifetime migration
Residential mobility
Social networks
Survey of Health
description The negative impact of childhood internal migration on diverse life outcomes is well documented. The main hypothesis to explain this association is the severance of social ties. However, empirical evidence on the link between internal migration and loneliness in childhood is critically lacking. We address this gap by establishing the association between childhood loneliness and inter and intra-regional migration in Europe. Using retrospective life-history data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe in 26 countries, we run a series of country-fixed effect logistic regression for cohorts born before 1967. We find that the probability of often being lonely is 25-39 per cent higher among children who moved at least once, although having siblings exert a strong protective effect. The strength of the association between loneliness and internal migration dissipates with duration of residence, suggesting that children progressively adjust to new surroundings, particularly if they migrated before starting school. However, the mitigating role of duration of residence diminishes with the number of past moves. Despite the limitations of retrospective survey data, our results show a clear association between internal migration and loneliness, highlight the increased risks of chronic migration among children and lend support to the loss-of-social-networks theory, particularly in individualist societies where friendship plays a greater role in social networks and where children consistently report higher levels of loneliness.
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