ArticleJournal of marriage and the family2018
Offspring Migration and Parents' Emotional and Psychological Well-being in Mexico.
Article in Journal of marriage and the family, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Kinship Structures for Left Behind Older Adults in High Outmigration Contexts: Evidence From Puerto Rico.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Association between internal migration experience and depressive symptoms: analysis of PSID data.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Migration and the Health of Non-migrant Family: Findings from the Jamaica Return(ed) Migrants Study.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2022Article
- Spanning Borders, Cultures, and Generations: A Decade of Research on Immigrant Families.Journal of marriage and the family · 2020Article
- A Decade of Research on Intergenerational Ties: Technological, Economic, Political, and Demographic Changes.Journal of marriage and the family · 2020Article
- Parental Support by Highly Educated Offspring: Disparities Across Urban-Rural Contexts and Parental Health Dimensions.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
In Mexico, offspring migration disrupts familial norms of coresidence and geographic proximity. This paper examines how offspring migration, both domestically and to the United States, affects the emotional and psychological well-being of parents who remain in the place of origin. Using nationally-representative longitudinal data from the Mexican Family Life Survey (N=4,718), we found limited evidence that parents whose offspring emigrated to the United States experience worse outcomes than parents of offspring who do not migrate. Although we found that offspring U.S. migration was not associated with changes in parents' overall depressive syndrome, a child's U.S. migration increased the likelihood of experiencing loneliness, and lead to a lower likelihood of recovery from parental sadness over time. Children's domestic migration did not affect parental well-being. These findings add to a growing body of literature that should be considered when assessing the broader impact of migration on family members who remain behind.
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