Korea journal of population studies (한국인구학)

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The Effects of Status Inconsistency between Spouses on Migration in the United States: Propensities and Rural-Urban Destination Selections

미국에서 이동시 부분간 지위불일치의 효과 : 경향과 농촌-도시 목적지 선택을 중심으로

  • Published : 2003.12.01
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Abstract

Using the panel data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 79, we test the effects of relative status inconsistency within American young couples on the direction of migration as well as on migration propensities. Key findings in this study indicate that only couples in which the wife's education is greater than the husband's education are less likely to migrate than couples for which the wife's status is as lower than the husband's. There are no differences in the propensity for rural couples to migrate to urban counties or for urban couples to migrate to rural counties based on status inconsistency between spouses. However, we find that there is the gendered difference in the effect of status inconsistency on the probability of family migration. A spouse's higher status has an impact on a wife's probability of migration but does not affect a husband's migration propensity in a comparable situation. These findings are most consistent with a gender role perspective on migration since increases in the wife's status have little effect on family migration, once the presence and age of children is controlled.

이 논문은 젊은 맞벌이 부부들 상호간에 교육정도와 소득수준의 차이가 가족의 지리적 이동에 미치는 영향을 지위불일치(status inconsistency)라는 개념을 통해서 살펴보았다. 미국의 패널데이타인 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 79를 이용하여 부부간의 지위불일치가 이동 성향과 이동 방향에 미치는 영향을 로지스틱 모형으로 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 우선, 아내의 교육정도가 남편의 교육정도보다 높은 부부일수록 아내의 교육정도가 낮은 부부에 비해 이동할 확률이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 한편, 남편과 아내의 지위불일치는 도시와 농촌간의 이동방향에는 영향을 미치지 않았다. 그러나, 지위불일치가 가족의 이동에 미치는 영향에 있어서는 성에 따른 차이가 나타났다. 여성의 경우, 배우자의 지위가 높을 경우 이것이 이동성향에 있어 유의미한 차이를 나타냈지만, 남성의 경우는 배우자의 지위가 상대적으로 높다할지라도 이동확률에 별다른 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과들은, 자녀 유무와 연령이 통제될때, 가족의 지리적 이동확률과 방향은 아내와 남편간의 인적자본정도와 시장에서의 수익능력 차에 의해서 결정된다는 인적자본론이나 가족자원론과는 달리 전통적인 성역할 차이로 설명했던 성역할이론과 더 일치한다고 볼 수 있다.

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