The interrelationship of fertility, family maintenance and Mexico-U.S. Migration

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

“…On the other hand, those who migrated and had children in the destination country are less likely to return (cf. Dustmann 2003, Lindstrom & Giorguli Saucedo 2007. Qualitative research among Polish migrants showed that concerns about the children's education is the most important factor in this (Levrau et al 2014).…”

“…In the case of marriage-related migration, one would therefore expect elevated rather than depressed fertility levels shortly after the move (shown by Lindstrom 2003, Milewski 2007, Andersson 2004. In addition, studies in the United States suggest that couples may be anxious to have a birth after migration in order to grant U.S. citizenship to the child, which opens the route of a legal migration status for the parents (Lindstrom & Giorguli Saucedo 2007). The latter is however less relevant for Polish migrants in the Netherlands, because freedom of movement is a fundamental right for EU citizens.…”

“…For the effect of the presence of children on the likelihood of return migration mixed evidence is reported. A study by Lindstrom and Giorguli Saucedo (2007) shows that Mexicans in the U.S. are significantly more likely to return to Mexico briefly after the occurrence of the first birth. After the third birth, however, the risk of return migration drops considerably.…”

Migration and first-time parenthood

“…Andersson (2004) and Andersson and Scott (2005) demonstrate the role played by elevated first-birth risks of female immigrants newly arrived in Sweden. In this Special Collection 6 of Demographic Research, Milewski (2007) and Lindstrom and Giorguli Saucedo (2007) reveal similar patterns for international migrants to Germany and the U.S., respectively. Kulu (2006) demonstrates strikingly similar duration-specific profiles in the childbearing patterns of female internal migrants in Austria and Poland, and, finally, show that such interdependencies are important also when housing moves at very short distances are considered.…”

La interferencia entre el estatus familiar y las características individuales en el nacimiento del primer hijo tras la emigración a España

“…Por otro lado, están los trabajos que se centran en analizar las variaciones en el comportamiento reproductivo durante su período de estancia en la sociedad de destino, destacando diferentes patrones: los que apuntan a un proceso de «asimilación-adaptación» que predice que los inmigrantes gradualmente ajustan su comportamiento reproductivo al del país de destino (Kahn 1988(Kahn y 1994Andersson 2004;Parrado y Morgan 2008); los que, por el contrario, encuentran que ciertos grupos de inmigrantes tienden a «mantener» las normas y patrones reproductivos del país de origen (AbbasiShavazi y McDonald 2002), señalando que la falta de adaptación puede ser explicada por la existencia de un proceso de «selección» entre los migrantes (Goldstein 1973;Abbasi-Shavazi y McDonald 2000;Feliciano 2005; Bledsoe, Houle y Sow 2007); finalmente, otros estudios han constatado la existencia de un proceso de «interrup-ción-ruptura» en la fecundidad de la población inmigrante causado por el momento de migración y la separación de los esposos (Ford 1990;Stephen y bean 1992;Carter 2000;toulemon 2004;Kulu 2005;Lindstrom y Giorguli 2007;Milewski 2007).…”