title: Intergenerational cohesiveness and later geographic distance to parents in the Netherlands.
abstract: Although spatial proximity no doubt facilitates interaction and assistance, no research to date has addressed the extent to which children who are emotionally closer to parents choose to live nearby. Using the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study (N = 1055), this research evaluates the relationship between parent-child cohesion at age 15 (measured retrospectively among individuals 18-35 in 2002-2004) and later geographic distance between young adults and their parents in 2006-2007. Importantly, this research is the first to consider the relationship between intergenerational solidarity and young adult's later geographic proximity to parents, proximity known to contribute to exchanges of support between the generations. For both mothers and fathers, each model yielded qualified evidence of the cohesion-proximity relationship. These findings highlight a potential selection issue related to intergenerational support and contact as it is facilitated by geographic proximity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Sonoma State University, United States. Electronic address: bgillesp@uci.edu.
authors.forename: Brian Joseph
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Gillespie
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology/ICS, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Electronic address: t.vanderlippe@uu.nl.
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van der Lippe
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009426:Netherlands; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Geographic proximity; Intergenerational relations; Intergenerational transfers; Kinship; Parent–child relations