Moving during childhood is an important life event that is often stressful and potentially disruptive. With the majority of existing studies on childhood internal mobility using a one-dimensional measure of mobility and focusing on the total population, there is still limited knowledge on differential childhood mobility patterns for children of different migrant origins. In this study, we acknowledge the multidimensional nature of mobility by covering frequency, timing, distance, and change in place type to understand internal mobility patterns for children aged 0–16 without and with different second-generation migrant backgrounds. Internal mobility is analysed for children born in the Netherlands between 1995 and 2003 using longitudinal full population register data. K-means cluster analysis reveals five types of mobility: nearby preschool-aged, nearby school-aged, long-distance to more densely populated areas, long-distance to less densely populated areas, and frequent movers. Results of multinomial logistic regressions show that having a second-generation migrant background increases the likelihood of being in any of the mobility clusters and reveals variation in types of mobility patterns for different migrant origin groups. We conclude that childhood mobility patterns are diverse and overall more often experienced by children of second-generation migrant origin potentially adding to a more vulnerable situation and inequality over the life course.

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迈向儿童内部流动的类型学：流动人口和非流动人口的子女有区别吗？

在童年时期搬家是一项重要的生活事件，通常会带来压力和潜在的破坏性。由于大多数现有的关于儿童内部流动性的研究使用一维流动性测量并关注总人口，但对于不同移民来源儿童的不同童年流动模式的了解仍然有限。在这项研究中，我们通过涵盖频率、时间、距离和地点类型的变化来了解流动性的多维性质，以了解没有和具有不同第二代移民背景的 0-16 岁儿童的内部流动模式。使用纵向完整人口登记数据分析了 1995 年至 2003 年间在荷兰出生的儿童的内部流动性。K-means 聚类分析揭示了五种类型的流动性：附近的学龄前儿童、就近学龄，长距离到人口稠密地区，远距离到人口稀少地区，经常搬家。多项逻辑回归的结果表明，拥有第二代移民背景会增加属于任何流动集群的可能性，并揭示不同移民来源群体的流动模式类型的差异。我们得出的结论是，儿童流动模式多种多样，总体而言，第二代移民儿童更经常经历这种情况，这可能会增加生命过程中更脆弱的处境和不平等。多项逻辑回归的结果表明，拥有第二代移民背景会增加属于任何流动集群的可能性，并揭示不同移民来源群体的流动模式类型的差异。我们得出的结论是，儿童流动模式多种多样，总体而言，第二代移民儿童更经常经历这种情况，这可能会增加生命过程中更脆弱的处境和不平等。多项逻辑回归的结果表明，拥有第二代移民背景会增加属于任何流动集群的可能性，并揭示不同移民来源群体的流动模式类型的差异。我们得出的结论是，儿童流动模式多种多样，总体而言，第二代移民儿童更经常经历这种情况，这可能会增加生命过程中更脆弱的处境和不平等。