- Title
- “It wasn’t my idea to come here!”: Ownership of the idea to immigrate as a function of gender, age, and culture
- Creator
- Rubin, Mark
- Relation
- International Journal of Intercultural Relations Vol. 37, Issue 4, p. 497-501
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2013.02.001
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- The present study investigated gender, age, and culture differences in immigrants’ ownership of the idea to immigrate to Australia. Married immigrants (N = 1702) indicated whose idea it was to immigrate: their own, their partner's, or a joint idea. Consistent with a patriarchal model, female immigrants were significantly less likely to claim ownership of the idea than male immigrants, and this difference partially mediated gender differences in post-immigration satisfaction. In addition, age and culture qualified gender differences in ownership of the idea to immigrate. Young women and nonWestern women were least likely to claim ownership of the idea. The generality of the patriarchal model across age and culture is discussed.
- Subject
- immigration; migrants; gender; age; culture; life satisfaction; SDG 5; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/940579
- Identifier
- uon:13043
- Identifier
- ISSN:0147-1767
- Language
- eng
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