The scale of transnational family separation : evidence from the United Kingdom
Brunori, Claudia (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics)
Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics

Data:	2025
Resum:	BACKGROUND Transnational separation is a reality for many families in and from high-emigration countries. Studies on this phenomenon have typically focused on non-migrant populations in high emigration countries, and only relatively recently has research in destination countries, especially in Europe, started looking at its consequences for the migrant population. However, studies have mostly been based on relatively small, nonrepresentative samples of specific origin groups, and do not estimate the scale of the phenomenon in the general immigrant population. CONCLUSIONS The results show that transnational separation from a parent is very common, pointing at the need to include low-difficulty questions on different forms of transnational separation in surveys, and to study the short- and long-term consequences of experiences of transnational separation. METHODS I use data from Understanding Society, using the available information on year of first immigration of respondents and their parents to assess childhood experiences of transnational separation from a parent in the adult immigrant population. OBJECTIVE In this study I attempt for the first time to assess the size of the phenomenon of transnational separation from a parent in the immigrant population in a major European destination country, the United Kingdom. RESULTS I find that at least half of the individuals who immigrated during childhood were transnationally separated from one or both parents in the migration process. However, these estimates rely on information collected for different purposes, leading to high missingness and a likely underestimation of the size of the phenomenon.
Ajuts:	European Commission 101043981
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Publicat a:	Demographic research, Vol. 53, Num. 39 (2025) , p. 1221-1234, ISSN 1435-9871

DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2025.53.39

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