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From outsiders to insiders? Partner choice and marriage among internal migrants in Antwerp, Rotterdam & Stockholm, 1850-1930
Von Außenseitern zu Etablierten? Partnerwahl und Heirat unter inländischen Migranten in Antwerpen, Rotterdam und Stockholm, 1850-1930
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Abstract Processes of social inclusion and exclusion among internal migrants in Antwerp, Rotterdam and Stockholm in the period 1850-1930 are studied with the help of data on partner choice and marriage of migrants who moved to these cities as singles. In practice, four outcomes related to meeting and mating ... view more
Processes of social inclusion and exclusion among internal migrants in Antwerp, Rotterdam and Stockholm in the period 1850-1930 are studied with the help of data on partner choice and marriage of migrants who moved to these cities as singles. In practice, four outcomes related to meeting and mating are linked in our conceptual model to four acculturation trajectories, which form together a sliding scale in terms of social in- and exclusion. The models were tested by means of logistic regression. The results show that in all three cities social exclusion was a widespread phenomenon, and that only a small minority of the migrants became fully incorporated into urban mainstream society. Social exclusion was highly related to cultural differences between migrants and natives. Economic capital did not reduce the migrants’ risk of facing marginali-zation, but it did facilitate the crossing of group boundaries for a specific group of migrants who were able to escape marginalization. The fact that social inclusion took place on a larger scale in Antwerp and Rotterdam compared to Stockholm suggests that large port cities facilitated the incorporation of mi-grants more than industrial cities.... view less
Keywords
Netherlands; acculturation; Sweden; internal migration; migrant; wedding; exclusion; choice of partner; twentieth century; inclusion; nineteenth century
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Population Studies, Sociology of Population
Method
empirical; quantitative empirical; historical
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 319-358
Journal
Historical Social Research, 40 (2015) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.40.2015.2.319-358
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed