Fertility by Birth Order among the Descendants of Immigrants in Selected European Countries

Kulu, Hill; Hannemann, Tina; Pailhé, Arianne; Neels, Karel; Krapf, Sandra; González‐Ferrer, Amparo; Andersson, Gunnar

doi:10.1111/padr.12037

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“…The convergence hypothesis is in line with the literature looking at religious differentials across successive generations of migrants (Coleman 1994;Mayer and Riphahn 2000;Dubuc 2012;Kulu et al 2017).and consequences of skewed sex ratios The convergence assumption results in a substantial fertility decline among Muslims, while there is a minimal fertility increase for all other religious groups. As to the overall fertility of the total population, we follow the main scenario in the population projection of Statistik Austria (2016).…”

Section: Fertilitysupporting

confidence: 63%

Consequences of International Migration on the Size and Composition of Religious Groups in Austria

Potančoková

Jurasszovich

Goujon

2018

Int. Migration & Integration

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Scientific knowledge on a population's religious composition is essential to understand the challenges faced by societies today. It arises in opposition to speculations about the actual size of religious groups that have been increasingly present in the public discourse in Europe for many years. This is particularly the case in Austria where the flows of refugees and migrants coming from the Middle East and Afghanistan have intensified since 2011 and culminated in 2015. These sparked a debate on the actual size of the Muslim population in Austria. This study fills the gap by presenting estimates of the religious composition for 2016 and projections until 2046 based on several scenarios related to the three major forces affecting the religious composition: migration (including asylum seekers), differential fertility and secularisation. The projections demonstrate that religious diversity is bound to increase, mostly through immigration and fertility. We further focus on the role and implications of international migration on the age and sex composition within the six religious groups: Roman Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, Muslims, other religions and unaffiliated. We find that the volume and composition of international migrants can maintain youthful age compositions in minority religions-Muslims and Orthodox. Sustained immigration leads to slower ageing but does not stop or reverse the process. The disparity between older majority and younger minority religious groups will further increase the cultural generation gap.

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Section: Fertilitysupporting

confidence: 63%

Consequences of International Migration on the Size and Composition of Religious Groups in Austria

Potančoková

Jurasszovich

Goujon

2018

Int. Migration & Integration

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“…This is the group that most strongly preserves their parents' cultural heritage. Due to the younger age structure we were not able to analyse third birth rates for this group, but given their earlier and higher fertility we can expect them to also display higher third birth rates (see Kulu et al 2017).…”

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“…The convergence of fertility patterns has been found to be lower for those with Turkish origins (Scott and Stanfors 2011;Pailhé and Hamel 2015), given their strong attachment to the "Turkish family culture" (Milewski 2010). The differing extent of adhesion to parental vs. country childbearing norms depends on the social and cultural context of the destination country (Kulu et al 2017). Turkish descendants in countries where fertility is low tend to postpone fertility compared to those in countries where fertility is higher (Milewski 2011), which is a sign that they adjust their behaviours to the environment and norms of the society of settlement.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This transmission may be different for descendants of immigrants who have been socialised into their parents' specific values; it may also be affected by the norms and standards of the country where they were born and socialised (De Valk and Milewski 2011). The degree of adaptation to the dominant fertility behaviour in the host society may vary according to origin, depending on the cultural distance between the parents and the host country (Adserà and Ferrer 2014;Kulu et al 2017). It may also depend on the way the countries of settlement incorporate immigrants and their descendants (Milewski 2011).…”

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The convergence of second-generation immigrants' fertility patterns in France: The role of sociocultural distance between parents' and host country

Pailhé¹

2017

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BACKGROUNDThe fertility of immigrants' descendants is an important topic for demographers, since it affects the structure of the future population. However, little attention has been devoted to the fertility behaviour of the second generation in Europe. OBJECTIVEThis study analyses the degree to which fertility of the descendants of immigrants is similar to that of French natives. It evaluates the extent to which the observed differences arise from the sociocultural distance between parents' country and host country and from structural determinants. METHODSWe analyse the transition to first, second, and third births among different groups of immigrants' daughters (from the Maghreb, sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey, and Southeast Asia), and compare them to native-born women using discrete-time logistic regressions. The data is drawn from the Trajectories and Origins Survey (2008), which oversamples immigrants and their descendants. RESULTSWe show a convergence towards French standards that differs across groups of origin. Women of Southeast Asian descent deviate from the fertility pattern of their parents, while those of Turkish descent preserve their parents' cultural heritage. These different paths of adaptation between groups partly reflect cultural distance between parents' country and host country. They also depend on family social capital, family structure, and family values. Access to a higher level of education is a crucial factor in erasing differences between groups. CONCLUSIONSThe fertility behaviour of most groups of descendants of immigrants is converging

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“…This approach makes it possible to better understand differences not only in the total number of children but also in the fertility timing patterns of women of different origin (Kulu et al 2017). This is particularly relevant when we are analysing the fertility behaviour of young cohorts that still have not completed their reproductive cycles.…”

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Childbearing patterns among immigrant women and their daughters in Spain: Over-adaptation or structural constraints

González‐Ferrer¹,

Martín²,

Kraus³

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Fertility by Birth Order among the Descendants of Immigrants in Selected European Countries

Cited by 101 publications

References 71 publications

Consequences of International Migration on the Size and Composition of Religious Groups in Austria

Consequences of International Migration on the Size and Composition of Religious Groups in Austria

The convergence of second-generation immigrants' fertility patterns in France: The role of sociocultural distance between parents' and host country

Childbearing patterns among immigrant women and their daughters in Spain: Over-adaptation or structural constraints

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