Continuity and change in commuter partnerships: Avoiding or postponing family migration

GeoJournal

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 233-247

  Van Der Klis, Marjolijn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commuter partnership; Family migration; Household arrangement; Life course; Multiple residences; Time horizon

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); INDIVIDUAL CHOICE; INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES; NETHERLANDS; PARTNER (CO);

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

COMMUTING; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MIGRATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 47649122247     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-008-9159-3     Document Type: Article

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