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466 Socio-demographic Factors Affecting Migration Tendency of Iranians

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Maryam REZAEI , Rasoul SADEGHI , Gholamreza GHAFFARI
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1 University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of. National Institute of Population Research (NIPR), Tehran,
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Iran, Islamic Republic of
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5. Population Mobility (Internal and International Migration, including Refugees) and Urbanization

Abstract

The growing trend of emigration of highly educated and skilled people from Iran to other countries has received
considerable attention from academics and policy makers. Thus, this study aims to examine the effects of socio-
demographic factors on tendency to migration from Iran. The data is drawn from "National Survey of Social Capital",
including 14,200 people aged 18 and over in all provinces of the country, both of urban and rural areas in 2015. The
results showed that almost one-fourth of respondents have high tendency to leave the country. Ordinal regression
analysis indicated that high tendency of emigration is significantly associated with various socio-demographic
factors, such as; age, gender, education, marital status, SES, religion, and rural-urban residency. Young people,
males, unmarried, and individuals with higher education and SES exhibit higher tendency to leave the country.
Thus, the tendency of migration is varied on the basis of socio-economic and demographic factors. We discuss the
implications of these findings to understanding of migration dynamics in Iran.

861 Family, Kinship Structure and Marital Dissolution in Indonesia

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Premchand Dommaraju , Aisyah binte Yusoff
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1 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United
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6. Family Formation and Dissolution, Family and Kinship

Abstract

What role does family and kinship structures have on marital stability? We investigate this question in the context
of Indonesia which has witnessed dramatic changes in social and economic spheres over the last two decades.
These changes are reconfiguring family and kinship structures and marriage. While families and kinship structures
are acknowledged to play a important role in many aspects of marriage, their influence on marital stability has not
been examined in Asian contexts. Indonesian society with bilateral kinship systems provides a unique setting to
understand the links between marital stability and kinship and family systems. The study uses longitudinal data
(Indonesian Family Life Survey) with information on family structure at the point of marriage and detailed marital
history information and time varying covariates. The methodology is based on survival analyses. Preliminary findings
suggest that for women staying with their natal family after marriage the risk of divorce is higher compared to
women staying in nuclear households or with in-laws, net of other factors. The study’s findings are discussed and
placed within the broader comparative literature on gender, family and marital stability.

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