Karen Haandrikman

Stockholm University | SU · Department of Human Geography

Sweden is known for its high residential mobility rates, especially among families. Moving in childhood may be associated with negative health and educational outcomes in adulthood, and effects tend to be larger for children who move frequently. Moving frequently is more common among children in families experiencing instability, poverty and with a...

This study employs the aspirations-capabilities framework to explore the intricate interplay between choices and constraints shaping migrants' settlement patterns, with a particular emphasis on the often-overlooked aspect of educational attainment. Using Swedish register data containing information about migrants' educational level, this paper exam...

This paper aims to examine the residential trajectories of immigrants that intersect rural areas in Sweden. It adds to the literature on new immigration destinations (NIDs) and addresses the need to include migration routes intersecting rural areas, immigrants' secondary migration patterns and temporal dimensions of migration , as well as the multi...

Women generally feel more fearful than men. We study this so-called fear-gender gap, by contributing to a growing body of quantitative gender-sensitive research inspired by feminist theory. We depart from traditional quantitative fear of crime research that fails to examine how determinants of fear of crime impact women and men differently. We use...

This study investigates if neighbourhoods can alter the strong relationship between parental background and children’s adult outcomes. In particular, we examine if neighbourhood effects are heterogeneous in such a way that they are particularly important for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, and if school quality has a mediating effect in th...

Despite Sweden's national gender-neutral family and social policies, local differences in gender contracts exist and have been related to differences in the structure of the labour market and cultural traditions. Existing studies are outdated and used relatively large administratively defined areas, which may lead to several measurement and interpr...

The purpose of this study is to compare socioeconomic segregation patterns and levels in Brussels, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Oslo, and Stockholm with uniform measurements. Previous research has been hampered by conceptual and methodological shortcomings. We use harmonized datasets containing geocoded indicators based on a nearest-neighbors approach. O...

A central and unique part of Sweden’s family policy programme is care leave that working parents can use when children are sick and cannot attend (pre)school. The gender-equal policy entails that parents may divide the leave as they see fit. However, mothers and fathers do not share care leave equally and care leave patterns may vary geographically...

This paper launches a discussion for using privilege to understand migrant self-employment. Migrants are a heterogeneous and complex group, yet migrant self-employment studies have not yet considered how privilege provides opportunities or gains. Using mixed-methods this paper explores the role of privilege in migrant self-employment. Life course h...

The study examines migrant women’s entrepreneurship based on statistical analysis of register data and analysis of 36 economic life course interviews with migrant women entrepreneurs. We highlight the heterogeneity of migrant women’s entrepreneurship in Sweden and argue that the diversity of women’s experiences must be recognized by supporting poli...

Detta kapitel undersöker möjligheterna och hindren för utrikes födda kvinnors entreprenörskap i Sverige, där både kvalitativa och kvantitativa metoder kombineras för att undersöka komplexiteten i gruppens entreprenörskap. Syftet är att använda ett kritiskt genusperspektiv på entreprenörskap för att undersöka vilka utrikes födda kvinnor som blir ege...

Een groot aandeel Nederlandse immigranten in Zweden woont in minder stedelijke gebieden. In dit artikel geef ik een overzicht van waar Nederlanders in Zweden wonen, en zoom ik in op een aantal van deze “life style migranten”. Gepubliceerd in Hollandse Nieuwtjes, uitgegeven door de Hollandse Club Stockholm.

Although family migration is a well examined topic, the migration that takes place at the start of co-residence of couples is so far hardly studied. This study examines gender differences in who moves to whom and who moves the longer distance when couples start a co-residential union. Analyses are performed based on Swedish register data, 1991-2008...

The neighbourhood effects literature indicates that a person's place of residence may affect their socio-economic situation. This study examines the association between the initial settlement and immigrants’ employment and income. Previous studies mostly used administratively defined geographical units of study, which may have led to an underestima...

Despite Sweden's family policy existing at the national level, usage of these policies can vary substantially across regions and by gender suggesting a need for closer examination of local variance in these usages. The concept of 'gender contract', describes the systematic organization of a gender system that is constructed, controlled and reinforc...

De economische integratie van migranten kan veel beter; een onderwerp dat hoog op de Zweedse politieke agenda staat. Vergeleken met andere westerse landen hebben migranten in Zweden een veel lagere arbeidsparticipatie. Ondernemerschap is een belangrijke manier voor economische integratie, maar het is ook een belangrijke aanjager voor de economie en...

In this paper, we analyse how a migrant population that is both expanding and changing in composition has affected the composition of Swedish neighbourhoods at different scales. The analysis is based on Swedish geocoded individual-level register data for the years 1990, 1997, 2005, and 2012. This allows us to compute and analyse the demographic com...

Demos - Bulletin over bevolking en samenleving, ISSN 0169-1473, Vol. 34, p. 1-4Article in journal (Other academic) In de laatste 20 jaar zien we een forse toename van Thaise migratie naar Europa. In Nederland wonen nu ongeveer 13.000 mensen die in Thailand zijn geboren; drie keer zo veel als 20 jaar geleden. In het minder bevolkte Zweden zijn nu 4...

The research project “Residential segregation in in five European countries – A comparative study using individualized scalable neighbourhoods” (ResSegr) started in August 2014 as a cooperation between researchers at Stockholm University (Department of Human Geography), the University of Oslo (Department of Sociology and Human Geography), Statistic...

Thai migrant women are an important and visible part of the small business community in Sweden, most notably through restaurants, massage spas and small shops. In this paper we explore the overlap between migration and entrepreneurship and position ourselves within the feminist entrepreneurial framework. We ask: which Thai women become entrepreneur...

Migration from Thailand to Sweden is a rapidly growing phenomenon with a threefold increase over the last ten years, with the majority of migrants being female marriage migrants. In Nordic media and popular culture, stereotyping of Thai-Swedish couples is commonplace, focusing on unequal power relations, sex tourism and other social problems which...

Spatial homogamy, or the geographical closeness of life partners, has received little attention in recent decades. Theoretically, partners may be found anywhere in the world, as increases in educational participation, affluence, mobility and internet access have reduced the meaning of geographical distance in general. This paper examines whether ge...

Studies on the mobility patterns of African refugees who fled to Europe have shown that Somalis especially tend to move onward from continental Europe to the UK. African migrants have long been moving to Sweden, known for its liberal migration and naturalization policies. However, these migrants are among the least integrated in Sweden, both social...

Rural areas have often been treated as mono-ethnic and homogeneous areas, as compared to urban areas that are seen as dynamic and mobile areas. Recent discourses in rural studies have been questioning this idea, adding the perspectives that rural areas are constituted by mobilities, actively engaged in globalization processes, and characterized by...

This paper explores and explains the partner choice of Swedes in the period 1991–2008. The partner market for Swedes has expanded considerably in the last few decades, because of EU expansion, globalisation processes, and an increased diversity of the migrant population. Besides increased opportunities, citizens who are better educated, younger, an...

Migration from Thailand to Sweden is a rapidly growing phenomenon with a threefold increase over the last ten years, with the majority of migrants being female marriage migrants. In the media and popular culture, stereotyping of Thai-Swedish couples is commonplace; focusing on unequal power relations, sex tourism and other social problems which oft...

Spatial homogamy may be defined as follows: anyone may be attracted to anyone else, but near candidates are more attractive than distant candidates. In this article, we propose a model of partner choice, where homogamy is defined in terms of spatial, demographic, socioeconomic and cultural similarity. A spatial choice model using random utility the...

The paper investigates the process of partner choice and the specific role of geographical distance in this process. This focus on the spatial component is a unique and new approach to address the topic. By adopting a qualitative approach, the decision-making process preceding partner choice is captured, including the preferences people have for pa...

Spatial homogamy, or sharing a similarity in geographical origin, is an under-researched dimension in homogamy studies. In the Netherlands, people tend to choose spatially homogamous partners. Moreover, there is considerable regional variation in spatial homogamy, even when residential location and population density are controlled for. This study...

Individuals tend to find life partners who are similar to themselves, a phenomenon known as homogamy. This study focuses on spatial homogamy, which is the similarity regarding the geographical origin of partners. Adopting a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods, the geographical dimension of partner choice is explored for the...

A third of all Dutch cohabiters choose a partner from the same municipality, so-called short distance homogamy. This article analyses the regional variation in this phenomenon, and it explains this variation in terms of geographical, socioeconomic, demographic and cultural determinants. Population register data on all new cohabiters in 2004 were us...

Meeting places form a vital link in the process of partner choice, in which preferences, norms and opportunities to meet partners play a role. Using the ‘Onderzoek Gezinsvorming’ 2003, we find that the partner market is segmented by relationship career, education, age, religion and geography. Public places are popular among youngsters, the lower ed...

Het proefschrift van Karen Haandrikman toont aan dat ruimtelijke homogamie, ofwel de gelijkheid van partners aangaande hun geografische herkomst, een sleutelrol speelt in partnerkeuze. Uit het onderzoek blijkt dat Nederlanders hun (samenwoon)partner op zeer korte afstand vinden. Afstanden zijn het kortst voor ouderen, mensen die voor het samenwonen...

‘Cupid may have wings, but apparently they are not adapted for long flights.’ Studies on the spatial dimension of the partner market have found that the number of marriages declines as the distance between potential spouses increases. This paper explores the role of geographical distance in partner choice in the Netherlands. The availability of uni...

Synchronous with the decline in fertility that took place in the post-war period in the Netherlands, patterns of birth seasonality changed as well. In this paper seasonal fluctuations in fertility in the Netherlands are examined using population register data for the period 1952 to 2005. The peak in births has changed from spring to summer and subs...

De meeste mensen ontmoeten hun partner via uitgaan of vakantie. Dit geldt vooral voor jongeren, laag opgeleiden, rooms-katholieken en mensen die in perifere gebieden wonen. Verschillende sociale groepen kiezen hun eigen ontmoetingsplaatsen, en beïnvloeden daarmee hun partnerkeuze.

Reproductive health surveys often face difficulties in measuring age and durations. Heaping is the phenomenon that certain dates, ages or durations are over-or underrepresented. Following the calendar method used in several Demographic and Health Surveys, the current research proposes the use of a local timepath calendar, based on time perceptions...

Demografen proberen al sinds jaar en dag de seizoenspa- tronen in het aantal geboorten te verklaren. In de loop van de tijd zijn weliswaar verschillende patronen geïdentificeerd, maar het blijkt buitengewoon lastig om goede verklaringen voor deze patronen te vinden. In dit artikel wordt gekeken naar seizoensfluctuaties in geboorten, in Nederland, i...

Migrants from the Horn of Africa make up about half of all African migrants in Sweden. The majority are forced migrants who have arrived in Sweden during the last 50 years. Somalis, Eritreans and Ethiopians in Sweden are known for being young, having high unemployment levels, low levels of intermarriage with native Swedes, having strong networks, a...