First union formation among the children of immigrants: A population-wide study in Norway

Wiik, Kenneth Aarskaug

doi:10.1016/j.alcr.2022.100480

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“…Presuming that migrant descendants favor endogamous unions over mixing with the locals (Carol, 2016;Huschek et al, 2012;Kalmijn, 1998), the limited availability of suitable partners can result in prolonged searches for a partner who can secure familial and communal approval, leading to delays in union formation and age at first birth. These viewpoints resonate with recent findings that highlight delayed union formation (Wiik, 2022) and unrealized fertility ideals (Carlsson, 2022) among second-generation women in the Nordic context.…”

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Challenges in the Pathway to Parenthood and Their Part in Explaining Depressed Fertility Among Migrant Descendants

Estévez,

Rotkirch

2023

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Recognizing the importance of adaptation, previous studies have revealed substantial differences between native-born and migrant descendants in their reproductive behavior, sometimes aligning with behavior in the country of origin, and other times deviating from it. To gain insight into this puzzle, we make use of register data from Finland to analyze the timing of parenthood (first parity) of different groups of migrant descendants, in comparison to that of native-born individuals. Employing discrete-time logistic regressions, complemented by matching and mediation analyses, our research uncovers significant differences between migrant descendants with two foreign-born parents and those with one foreign-born and one native-born parent (2.5-generation), even when they partly originate from the same regions. Moreover, our study challenges the conventional choice of native-born individuals as the reference category, highlighting the importance of considering the unique urban profile of migrant descendants. The examination of the mediating effects of education and partnership status reveals that education does not appear to slow down the pace of female migrant descendants compared to native-born women. However, among male migrant descendants, higher levels of education correlate with a delayed age at which they have their first child, as compared to native-born men. Furthermore, we identify a substantial deceleration through partnership status for both male and female migrant descendants. This suggests that challenges in finding suitable partners in the host country can contribute to a delay in the age at which migrant descendants have their first child; a phenomenon that seems to extend even to those with one native-born parent.

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Challenges in the Pathway to Parenthood and Their Part in Explaining Depressed Fertility Among Migrant Descendants

Estévez,

Rotkirch

2023

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“…In Norway and Sweden, cohabiting unions have been considered indistinguishable from marriage (Heuveline & Timberlake, 2004). More than nine in ten first unions start with cohabitation (Noack, Bernhardt, & Wiik, 2014;Wiik, 2022), and the majority of first births are within cohabitation (Perelli-Harris, Kreyenfeld et al, 2012); about 58 % and 61 % for Norway and Sweden respectively of all births within couples were within cohabitation (Knoops et al, 2021, see also Eurostat, 2018). Marriage has been considered a 'capstone' of the relationship, where people often marry after they have finished their reproductive career (Holland, 2013(Holland, , 2017Lappegård & Noack, 2015).…”

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Relationship quality and family formation in Europe

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Perelli‐Harris

Wiik

2023

Advances in Life Course Research

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“…In the general Norwegian population, 68% of partnerships in the age group 25-34 are cohabitations and 53% of births are to cohabiting couples (Statistics Norway 2023b, 2023c. Also, many migrant-background groups in Norway are increasingly choosing cohabitation (Wiik 2022), underlining the importance of including this union type when studying their family behaviors.…”

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Partner Choice and Economic Outcomes among the Children of Immigrants

Wiik,

Bergsvik

2023

International Migration Review

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Several studies have shown that immigrants marrying natives experience better economic outcomes than those marrying other immigrants, but we know less about partner choice and the economic outcomes of the children of immigrants and among those forming cohabiting unions. Utilizing Norwegian register data from all cohabiting and marital unions formed between 2006 and 2018 involving second-generation and childhood immigrants ( N = 49,692 couples, 65% cohabiting), we explored how partner choice relates to employment status, individual income, and household income for up to 14 years after union formation. Overall, children of immigrants with native partners were more frequently employed and earned higher incomes than those who chose partners from migrant-backgrounds. Fixed effects model results confirmed that children of immigrants who partnered endogamously experienced less favorable employment and individual income trajectories compared to those partnering with natives. We discovered similar negative impacts on the likelihood of employment and on the individual incomes of men who partnered exogamously with migrant-background women. However, when ignoring initial selection and shifting focus solely to changes post-union formation, we found that partnering endogamously had a positive effect on household income. In general, we observed the strongest effects among women and those married, and we noticed important differences across global regions of origin.

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First union formation among the children of immigrants: A population-wide study in Norway

Cited by 6 publications

References 78 publications

Challenges in the Pathway to Parenthood and Their Part in Explaining Depressed Fertility Among Migrant Descendants

Challenges in the Pathway to Parenthood and Their Part in Explaining Depressed Fertility Among Migrant Descendants

Relationship quality and family formation in Europe

Partner Choice and Economic Outcomes among the Children of Immigrants

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