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Divorce in Turkish and Moroccan communities in Belgium

Emilien Dupont, Amelie Van Pottelberge (UGent) , Bart Van de Putte (UGent) , John Lievens (UGent) and Frank Caestecker (UGent)
(2020) EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION. 36(4). p.617-641
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This paper focuses on divorce amongst Turkish and Moroccan Belgians, with a specific focus on the effect of partner-choice patterns. Divorce patterns of marriages established between 01 January 2001 and either 31 December 2003 (descriptive part), or 31 December 2005 (event-history analyses) are analysed and compared to marriages established between 01 January 1988 and 31 December 1990. We distinguish three marriage types: transnational marriages (i.e. marrying a partner from Morocco or Turkey), local intra-ethnic marriages (marrying another Moroccan of Turkish Belgian) and mixed marriages (i.e. marrying someone with a Belgian or other Western-European citizenship). To research divorce rates, we analysed population data from the Belgian national register, using piecewise constant log-rate event-history analyses with effect coding on all marriages taking place between 01 January 2001 and 31 December 2005 (N Turkish = 9631, N Moroccan = 17,786). First, the results reveal that in the past 15 years, divorce rates have doubled within Turkish and Moroccan migrant groups. Second, divorce rates are much higher amongst the Moroccan group. Third, there are clear differences between marriage types. Local intra-ethnic marriages have the lowest divorce levels, mixed marriages the highest, and transnational marriages take up a middle position.
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Demography, Divorce, Partner choice, Immigrants, Belgium, Event history, Transnational marriages, PARTNER CHOICE, TRANSNATIONAL MARRIAGES, ETHNIC INTERMARRIAGE, NETHERLANDS, CONTEXT, DETERMINANTS, IMMIGRANTS, TRENDS, FAMILY, DESCENDANTS

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Dupont, Emilien, et al. “Divorce in Turkish and Moroccan Communities in Belgium.” EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION, vol. 36, no. 4, 2020, pp. 617–41, doi:10.1007/s10680-019-09545-w.
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Dupont, E., Van Pottelberge, A., Van de Putte, B., Lievens, J., & Caestecker, F. (2020). Divorce in Turkish and Moroccan communities in Belgium. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION, 36(4), 617–641. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-019-09545-w
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Dupont, Emilien, Amelie Van Pottelberge, Bart Van de Putte, John Lievens, and Frank Caestecker. 2020. “Divorce in Turkish and Moroccan Communities in Belgium.” EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION 36 (4): 617–41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-019-09545-w.
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Dupont, Emilien, Amelie Van Pottelberge, Bart Van de Putte, John Lievens, and Frank Caestecker. 2020. “Divorce in Turkish and Moroccan Communities in Belgium.” EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION 36 (4): 617–641. doi:10.1007/s10680-019-09545-w.
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Dupont E, Van Pottelberge A, Van de Putte B, Lievens J, Caestecker F. Divorce in Turkish and Moroccan communities in Belgium. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION. 2020;36(4):617–41.
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E. Dupont, A. Van Pottelberge, B. Van de Putte, J. Lievens, and F. Caestecker, “Divorce in Turkish and Moroccan communities in Belgium,” EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 617–641, 2020.
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