Immigrant Fertility Patterns in Canada, 1961–1986*

Ram, Babu; Mv, George

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2435.1990.tb00489.x

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“…Evidence for the disruption hypothesis has been found for immigrants moving to Australia (Carlson 1985;Abbasi-Shavazi and McDonald 2000;Abbasi-Shavazi and McDonald 2002), Mexicans moving to the U.S. (Bean and Swicegood 1985;Stephen and Bean 1992), and immigrants to Canada (Ram and George 1990;Ng and Nault 1997). Studies on immigrants in Western Europe, however, do not find evidence for a fertilitydisruption effect of international migration (Andersson 2004 for Sweden;Milewski 2007 for Germany).…”

Section: Theoretical Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…For higher order births, this hypothesis has hardly been tested. Ram and George (1990), however, find increasing birth numbers after arrival in Canada and assume that immigrants have a desire to have additional children in the new home country.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Given that fertility patterns vary between the regions of origin and destination, a convergence may be achieved within some years of residency (shown by Iutaka et al 1971;Rindfuss 1976;Bach 1981;Farber and Lee 1984;Hervitz 1985;Nauck 1987;Ford 1990;Ram and George 1990;Schoorl 1995;Mayer and Riphahn 2000;Milewski 2007). This resemblance may be triggered by two primary channels: cultural factors and/or socio-economic conditions.…”

Section: Theoretical Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Immigrant fertility in West Germany: Is there a socialization effect in transitions to second and third births?

2010

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Immigrant fertility in West Germany: Is there a socialization effect in transitions to second and third births?Fécondité des immigrées en Allemagne de l'Ouest: existe-t-il un effet de la socialization dans le passage du premier au deuxieme enfant et dans celui du deuxieme au troisieme enfant? Nadja Milewski Abstract In this paper on immigrant fertility in West Germany, we estimate the transition rates to second and third births, using intensity-regression models. The data come from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study. We distinguish women of the first and the second immigrant generations originating from Turkey, the former Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, and Spain, and compare their fertility levels to those of West German women. In the theoretical framework, we discuss competing hypotheses on migrant fertility. The findings support mainly the socialization hypothesis: the transition rates of first-generation immigrants vary by country of origin, and the fertility patterns of migrant descendants resemble more closely those of West Germans than those of the first immigrant generation. In addition, the analyses show that fertility differentials between immigrants and women of the indigenous population can largely, though not in full, be explained by compositional differences.Keywords Birth transitions Á Life-course analysis Á Migrant workers Á Germany Á Intensity-regression model Résumé Dans cet article relatif à la fécondité des immigrées en Allemagne, le passage du premier au deuxieme enfant et dans celui du deuxieme au troisieme enfant est estimé à partir de modèles de régression à risques instantanés. Les données utilisées proviennent de l'étude de Panel socio-économique allemand. On distingue les femmes immigrées de première ou de seconde génération originaires de Turquie, d'ex-Yougoslavie, de Grèce, d'Italie et d'Espagne, et leurs niveaux de fécondité sont comparés à ceux des femmes ouest-allemandes d'origine. Des hypothèses concurrentes sur la fécondité des immigrés sont discutées dans le cadre

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Section: Theoretical Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical Considerationsmentioning

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Immigrant fertility in West Germany: Is there a socialization effect in transitions to second and third births?

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“…Frank and Wildsmith (2005) attribute elevated risks of union dissolution among Mexicans after moving to the U.S. partly to changes in normative values and lower levels of social control. Other evidence for the adaption hypothesis comes from studies that show a convergence in fertility levels between the migrant and majority populations (Milewski 2007, Ram & George 1990, Mayer & Riphahn 2000. The theoretical foundation of the adaptation hypothesis is two-fold.…”

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confidence: 99%

Life Paths of Migrants: A Sequence Analysis of Polish Migrants’ Family Life Trajectories

2015

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INTRODUCTIONThe family-life dynamics of international migrants have become a core topic in demographic studies over the past decades (Kulu & Gonzalez-Ferrer 2014). These studies have focused on different aspects of family-life behavior. For instance, previous research shows that international migration and partner selection are frequently interrelated (Milewski 2003), that moving over long distances influences the stability of a union (Frank & Wildsmith 2005, Boyle et al. 2008, and that migration may alter fertility behavior (Milewski 2007, Lindstrom & Giorguli Saucedo 2002. Many of these studies have focused on the impact of migration on a specific event in the life course. By focusing on events, however, one may miss a deeper insight into the life course, which is unfortunate as life-course theory emphasizes that different events in the life course are not separate experiences, but are linked to one another (Giele & Elder 1998).The main research objective of this paper is to go beyond this event-oriented approach and to provide a more integral picture of the link between migration and family behavior. We develop an empirically grounded typology of partnership, fertility, and migration behavior by applying sequence analysis. This technique can be seen as complementing to the often applied techniques of event history analysis: whereas event history analysis concentrates primarily on causal effects for transitions from one state to another, sequence analysis is an approach aimed at exploring and describing actual life-course trajectories and has more descriptive value (Aisenbrey & Fasang 2010, Billari 2001. Although sequence analysis has increasingly been used in life course research over the past decade (e.g., Aassve et al. 2007, Billari et al. 2006, Bras et al. 2010, Elzinga & Liefbroer 2007, the technique has been relatively little applied in the migration literature. The application of sequence analysis also in the field of migration studies is however a fruitful approach, as it offers a digestible overview of the complex interrelationship between migration and family dynamics. Poland is part of the European Union (EU) since 2004 and Polish migrants are thus free to settle in other EU member states (with some initial barriers on the labor market after EU entry). In this regard, Polish migrants differ strongly from migrants from outside the EU for whom it is much more difficult to travel back and forth between the Netherlands and their country of origin due to compulsory visa requirements (Dagevos 2011). A crucial question of the relatively new intra-European migration flows is therefore whether these migrants will stay temporarily or whether they will settle permanently. Besides economic reasons for returning to the country of origin, the family context also plays a crucial role in the return decisions of immigrants (Dustmann 2003). We will pay specific attention to this and study the permanence of settlement in relation to family trajectories. The trajectory-based approach 5 applied in this study is particul...

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“…Although fertility levels of immigrants tend to be related to their country of origin (AbbasiShavazi 1998), the fertility rates of most immigrant groups tend to approach, if not converge to, the host country fertility patterns, which could decrease Muslim fertility in the coming decades (Nahmias 2004;Ram and George 1990). The Protestant church does not have a central authority and there is a large degree of autonomy even at lower levels in the church hierarchy.…”

Section: Fertilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

New times, old beliefs: Projecting the future size of religions in Austria

Goujon¹

2007

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The relative sizes of secular and religious populations belong to the most important social characteristics of each country. In the wake of religious change, family behaviour, including marriage and childbearing, is likely to be altered. European demographic trends, including those of late childbearing and low fertility are also likely to change when there is a growth of religious groups where conversion/secularisation rates are low and childbearing levels are high. We project the membership size of the various religious groupings until 2051 for Austria, a country where the religion question is included in the census, allowing detailed and accurate projections to be made. We consider relative fertility rates, religion-specific emigration and immigration, conversion rates and intergenerational transmission of religious affiliation. Our estimates suggest that the Catholic proportion will decrease from 75% in 2001 to less than 50% in 2051. The Muslim population, which grew from 1% in 1981 to 4% in 2001, will represent 14% to 18% of the Austrian population by 2051, and could represent up to 32% of those below 15 years of age. The Protestants' population share will be stable at around 4%, while up to 34% of the population will be without religion.

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Immigrant Fertility Patterns in Canada, 1961–1986*

Cited by 22 publications

References 11 publications

Immigrant fertility in West Germany: Is there a socialization effect in transitions to second and third births?

Immigrant fertility in West Germany: Is there a socialization effect in transitions to second and third births?

Life Paths of Migrants: A Sequence Analysis of Polish Migrants’ Family Life Trajectories

New times, old beliefs: Projecting the future size of religions in Austria

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