When long-distance couples start living together, the decision about where to co-reside has important repercussions, as long-distance moves often lead to the loss of local ties. Drawing on Danish population register data on long-distance opposite-sex couples and cross-classified multi-level statistical analyses, we explore each partner's share in the total distance moved at the start of their co-residence. We examine the influence of local ties to family and gender asymmetries. Our findings indicate that women tend to bridge the larger share of the distance when moving into co-residence. Living close to non-resident children, parents or siblings and having resident children lower one's share in the total distance moved. Men's local ties to non-resident family have more influence than women's, while women's resident children seem to exert more influence. Our results suggest that traditional gender patterns shape couples' decision-making about where to live together and who migrates the greater share of the distance.

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异地夫妻同居迁移：当地家庭纽带和性别的作用

当远距离夫妻开始同居时，共同居住地的决定会产生重要影响，因为长途搬家往往会导致当地联系的丧失。利用丹麦关于异性异性长途伴侣的人口登记数据和交叉分类的多层次统计分析，我们探讨了每个伴侣在他们共同居住开始时移动的总距离中所占的份额。我们研究了地方关系对家庭和性别不对称的影响。我们的研究结果表明，女性在搬进共同居住地时倾向于弥合更大的距离。与非居民儿童、父母或兄弟姐妹住得近并且有居民儿童在总移动距离中所占的比例较低。男性与非居民家庭的当地联系比女性的影响更大，而女性的 当地的孩子们似乎发挥了更大的影响力。我们的研究结果表明，传统的性别模式影响着夫妻关于在哪里住在一起以及谁迁移的距离更大的决策。