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Famiglia e strategie migratorie: un'indagine presso alcune comunità di immigrati nell'area barese e in Capitanata
No full textThe impact of urbanization on the traditional family systems in Africa
No full textThe paper analyses the family systems in several Sub-Saharan countries and in some of their principal ethnic groups, using data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). A typology of the African family has been established, that seeks to clarify the kinship structure within the household and provides an evaluation of the degree of "nuclearity" of the family. Family classification also put emphasis on polygamy, single parenthood, women-headed families, non-nuclear and single persons families. The objective is to establish if there is an ongoing processus of family nuclearization and to determine the impact of urbanization in this processus. The rural-urban differences are examined and partially considered as signs of the future evolutions. Ethnicity is also considered owing to the importance of the cultural heritage in shaping family systems and their evolution. In a cross sectional perspective, an attempt to explore connections between family change and fertility a factorial analysis was performed
International married and unmarried unions in Italy: Criteria of mate selection
No full textAs a result of the growing presence of foreign immigrants settling in Italy, recent years have seen a significant increase in the number of mixed unions. However, little research has been carried out on the subject in this country, in part due to insufficient availability of suitable data. The aim of this study is to investigate the “market” of formal and informal mixed unions and to understand whether ethnic origin contributes a new element to the marriage/union market, and to verify the applicability of the “exchange theory” to the Italian context. We analyzed a particular segment of the marriage market - mixed parental couples included in the 2005 Sample Surveys of Births. The results showed a clear gender divide in the ethnic preferences of Italian spouses, a high rate of previous marital experience for both Italian and foreign people in mixed pairings, and a high frequency of unmarried and casual mixed relationships. Compared with endogamous couples, the foreign male or female spouse/partner in mixed couples is young and more educated relative to the Italian partner, but is less present in the work market and, when employed, often occupies a less well-qualified position. The “informal union market” works in very similar ways to the “marriage market”; the slight attenuation of relationships observed in the former being attributable to the lesser degree of security guaranteed by an unofficial union. Therefore, the mechanism of mate selection implies that foreigners’ appreciated qualities such as youth and high education may be offered in exchange for economic security, upward socio-economic mobility and access to the social network of the native partner: this is a variant of the exchange theory that was found to apply well to transnational marriages/unions in Italy
Organizzazione familiare e stato nutrizionale dellinfanzia. Comparazione fra paesi asiatici e africani
No full textThe Impact of Urbanization on the Traditional Family Systems in Africa (nuova versione ampliata)
No full textInternational married and unmarried unions in italy: Criteria of mate selection
No full textAs a result of the growing presence of foreign immigrants settling in Italy, recent years have seen a significant increase in the number of mixed unions. However, little research has been carried out on the subject in this country, in part due to insufficient availability of suitable data. The aim of this study is to investigate the "market" of formal and informal mixed unions and to understand whether ethnic origin contributes a new element to the marriage/union market, and to verify the applicability of the "exchange theory" to the Italian context. We analyzed a particular segment of the marriage market - mixed parental couples included in the 2005 Sample Surveys of Births. The results showed a clear gender divide in the ethnic preferences of Italian spouses, a high rate of previous marital experience for both Italian and foreign people in mixed pairings, and a high frequency of unmarried and casual mixed relationships. Compared with endogamous couples, the foreign male or female spouse/partner in mixed couples is young and more educated relative to the Italian partner, but is less present in the work market and, when employed, often occupies a less well-qualified position. The "informal union market" works in very similar ways to the "marriage market" the slight attenuation of relationships observed in the former being attributable to the lesser degree of security guaranteed by an unofficial union. Therefore, the mechanism of mate selection implies that foreigners' appreciated qualities such as youth and high education may be offered in exchange for economic security, upward socio-economic mobility and access to the social network of the native partner: this is a variant of the exchange theory that was found to apply well to transnational marriages/unions in Italy. © 2013 IOM
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