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The context of spouse migration to Australia

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dc.contributor.authorKhoo, Siew-Ean
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T23:41:15Z
dc.date.available2015-12-13T23:41:15Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.date.updated2015-12-12T09:31:52Z
dc.description.abstractThe article discusses five types of spouse migration. Data on the country of origin of migrant spouses and their sponsoring partners suggest that the largest component of spouse migration is chain migration for marriage, with previous immigrants sponsoring partners from their former home country. Other smaller components are sponsorship of spouses by the second generation from the parents' country of origin; sponsorship of foreign spouses by Australians for intermarriage; and family reunion of spouses separated by refugee movements. Spouse migration from English-speaking or European countries is often motivated by a preference for Australia's climate or lifestyle rather than marriage to an Australian partner, unlike spouse migration from other parts of the world where the process is more closely related to marriage.
dc.identifier.issn0020-7985
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/94820
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.sourceInternational Migration
dc.subjectKeywords: immigration; marriage; migration determinant; Australia
dc.titleThe context of spouse migration to Australia
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage132
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage111
local.contributor.affiliationKhoo, Siew-Ean, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidKhoo, Siew-Ean, u8406201
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor160303 - Migration
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub24510
local.identifier.citationvolume39
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-0035067559
local.type.statusPublished Version

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