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Kulu, Hill; Vikat, Andres - In: Demographic Research 17 (2007) 26, pp. 775-802

This study examines fertility variation across housing types and childbearing patterns after housing changes. While the effect of family changes on housing choices has been studied in detail, little is known about childbearing patterns within various housing types, despite the fact that many...

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

Lindstrom, David P.; Saucedo, Silvia Giorguli - In: Demographic Research 17 (2007) 28, pp. 821-858

This study examines the interrelationship between migration and marital fertility, using a bi-national sample of … migration (to the U.S. or return to Mexico) and the type of migration (solo or couple), and (2) how current migration status and … cumulative migration experience influence the likelihood of a birth. Examining the effects of fertility on migration, and the …

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The implications of long term community involvement for the production and circulation of population knowledge

Madhavan, Sangeetha; Collinson, Mark A.; Townsend, … - In: Demographic Research 17 (2007) 13, pp. 369-388

Demographic surveillance systems (DSS) depend on community acceptance and involvement to produce high quality longitudinal data. Ensuring community support also exposes power relations usually concealed in the research process. We discuss the Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance System...

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Education at home: the age-specific pattern of migration between the Netherlands and the former Dutch East Indies around 1930

Imhoff, Evert van; Beets, Gijs - In: Demographic Research 11 (2004) 12, pp. 335-356

The 1930 population census of the former Dutch East Indies (currently Indonesia) shows for the European population a striking shortage in the age range 10-20. This paper deals with the possible causes of this constriction in the age structure, in particular, the phenomenon of European children...

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Overview Chapter 7: The rising importance of migrants for childbearing in Europe

Sobotka, Tomas - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 9, pp. 225-248

This contribution looks at the influence of immigration on childbearing trends in the countries of Western, Northern and Southern Europe, which have received relatively large numbers of immigrants during the last decades. It analyses the contribution of migrants to the total number of births and...

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Family, obligations, and migration

Fleischer, Annett - In: Demographic Research 16 (2007) 13, pp. 413-440

The aim of this paper is to investigate the influence of family and kin networks on the individual decision to migrate. The study is based on qualitative ethnographic data which was collected during a field research in Cameroon in spring 2005, showing the considerable impact of the extended...

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Migration and first-time parenthood

Nedoluzhko, Lesia; Andersson, Gunnar - In: Demographic Research 17 (2007) 25, pp. 741-774

Kyrgyzstan, focusing on the link between migration and fertility. We employ event-history techniques to retrospective data from …-time parenthood. We demonstrate the extent to which internal migration is related to family formation and to the patterns of becoming … such as the geographical destination of migration and retrospectively stated motives for reported moves. In addition, our …

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The demography of family reunification: from circulation to substitution in Gambian Spain

Bledsoe, Caroline - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2006

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High fertility in city suburbs: compositional or contextual effects?

Kulu, Hill; Boyle, Paul J. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2007

Fertility rates are known to be higher in city suburbs. One interpretation is that the suburban ‘context’ influences the behaviour of individuals who reside there while an alternative is that the ‘composition’ of the suburban population explains the higher fertility levels. Furthermore,...

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Family, obligations, and migration: the role of kinship in Cameroon

Fleischer, Annett - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2006

The aim of this paper is to investigate the influence of family and kin networks on the individual decision to migrate. The study is based on qualitative ethnographic data collected during field research in Cameroon and shows the considerable impact of the extended family on the migrant’s...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700183