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Family, obligations, and migration
Fleischer, Annett - In: Demographic Research 16 (2007) 13, pp. 413-440
, showing the considerable impact of the extended family on the migrant’s choice to leave Cameroon for Germany. Migrants do …. The study is based on qualitative ethnographic data which was collected during a field research in Cameroon in spring 2005 …
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Marriage over space and time among male migrants from Cameroon to Germany
Fleischer, Annett - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2008
Restrictive immigration and integration policies in Germany increasingly force African migrants to develop strategies … and practices to acquire legal residence and obtain an essential work permit. Our account of Cameroonian men in Germany … contributes to the discussion about the role of the nation state in transnational migration processes. Since national policies in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818207
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Close kin influences on fertility behavior
White, Robert G.; Bernardi, Laura - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2008
Family members are uniquely situated to influence the decision-making of their kin in nearly every facet of life. We examine the importance of social interactions in fertility outcomes by assessing family members’ scope of influence on their fellow kin’s fertility behavior. With the unique...
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Tracing very long-term kinship networks using SOCSIM
Murphy, Mike - In: Demographic Research 10 (2004) 7, pp. 171-196
While each individual has 10 billion ancestors a thousand years ago, these are not distinct and in practice, the number of distinct ancestors is much smaller. A female (‘mitochondrial Eve’) and a male ancestor (‘Y-chromosome Adam’) of all humans certainly existed,...
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Life expectancy in two Caucasian countries. How much due to overestimated population?
Yeganyan, Ruben; Badurashvili, Irina; Andreev, Evgeny M.; … - In: Demographic Research 5 (2001) 7, pp. 217-244
and about 3.8 millions in Armenia. Non-official estimates based on migration surveys are much lower: 4.0-4.1 millions and … 3.0 millions, respectively. This huge difference is mostly due to unregistered out-migration. In addition to corrections …
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Social Mobility and Demographic Behaviour: Long Term Perspectives
Dribe, Martin; Bavel, Jan Van; Campbell, Cameron - In: Demographic Research 26 (2012) 8, pp. 173-190
fertility, marriage, migration, and social mobility. …
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An inquiry into the uneven distribution of women’s HIV infection in rural Malawi
Poulin, Michelle; Muula, Adamson S. - In: Demographic Research 25 (2011) 28, pp. 869-902
Ecological comparisons in sub-Saharan Africa show that HIV prevalence is lower where men are generally circumcised than where they are not. Randomized controlled trials have found a 50-60% reduction in HIV acquisition for newly circumcised men. Yet in Malawi, HIV prevalence is highest in several...
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Does nativity matter?
Buckley, Cynthia; Hofmann, Erin; Minagawa, Yuka - In: Demographic Research 24 (2011) 32, pp. 801-824
The Russian Federation has experienced simultaneous declines in health and rises in international migration. Guided by …
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Beyond the local marriage market
Maas, Ineke; Zijdeman, Richard - In: Demographic Research 23 (2010) 33, pp. 933-962
This study examines whether the increase of geographical heterogamy in the nineteenth and early twentieth century is related to modernization. Specifically, we test whether mass communication and mass transport enhanced the likelihood of a geographically heterogamous marriage as well as the...
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Spousal separation, selectivity and contextual effects: exploring the relationship between international labour migration and fertility in post-Soviet Tajikistan
Clifford, David - In: Demographic Research 21 (2009) 32, pp. 945-975
This paper contributes to the sparse literature on the impact of temporary migration on fertility in origin areas. It … examines the case of male labour migration from post-Soviet Tajikistan, a significant and relatively recent phenomenon …. Fertility and migration models are solved simultaneously to account for cross-process correlation. There is clear evidence for a …
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