International Migration Review
Spring 2015 Volume 49, Issue 1 Pages 3–268
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imre.2015.49.issue-1/issuetoc
U.S. Immigrants in Dispersed and Traditional Settlements: National Origin Heterogeneity (pages 106–141)
Mary M. Kritz and Douglas T. Gurak
Article first published online: 26 MAR 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/imre.12177
Abstract
This paper uses confidential ACS data to compare the characteristics of immigrants from ten Asian and Latino origins and the total foreign born in traditional, emerging, and dispersed areas. The correlates of dispersed settlement were estimated for each group and the total foreign born using multinomial logistic regression. The findings show that the characteristics of immigrants in dispersed settlements differ both within and across national origin groups and also between national groups and the total foreign born. Several relationships, particularly those for education and occupation measures, differ significantly and call into question the homogeneity assumption commonly made by studies of the total foreign born or pan-ethnic groups.
MULTI-SITED FAMILIES
Transnational Families Between Africa and Europe (pages 142–172)
Valentina Mazzucato, Djamila Schans, Kim Caarls and Cris Beauchemin
Article first published online: 18 NOV 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/imre.12153
Abstract
This paper provides a descriptive and comparative analysis of transnational families with members located in Africa and Europe. It is thus far the only quantitative study, to our knowledge, that includes cross-country comparisons and focuses on the African European context. By comparing both countries of origin and destination, differences in family arrangements are found among Ghana, Senegal, and the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as within these groups depending on the European destination countries. Findings show that dates of arrival and migrant legal status are most commonly associated with transnational family forms. Family and gender norms at origin, migration motivations, destination country family reunification and migration policies, and destination country characteristics related to language, employment opportunities, and educational system help to explain the differences found.

Reunifying Versus Living Apart Together Across Borders: A Comparative Analysis of sub-Saharan Migration to Europe (pages 173–199)
Cris Beauchemin, Jocelyn Nappa, Bruno Schoumaker, Pau Baizan, Amparo González-Ferrer, Kim Caarls and Valentina Mazzucato
Article first published online: 11 NOV 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/imre.12155
Abstract
This article studies the process of reunification in Europe among “living apart together across borders” (LATAB) couples of African origin (DR Congo, Ghana, and Senegal). Couple reunion is conceived as a multilevel process, wherein state selection (through immigration policies in destination countries) interacts with self-selection (at the couple level), under influence of the social context at origin. Based on event history analyses of the MAFE project, empirical results show that LATAB is a majority and durable living arrangement for sub-Saharan migrants, that the odds if reunifying depend on gender and inter-generational relationships, and that restrictive contexts at destination do not deter couple reunion.