A decade of life-course research on fertility of immigrants and their descendants in Europe

Hill Kulu; Nadja Milewski; Tina Hannemann; Julia Mikolai

doi:10.4054/DemRes.2019.40.46

A decade of life-course research on fertility of immigrants and their descendants in Europe

Hill Kulu, Nadja Milewski, Tina Hannemann, Julia Mikolai

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Objective: This article provides an introduction to a special collection on childbearing among the descendants of immigrants in Europe. We first review recent life-course research on fertility of immigrants and their descendants followed by a summary of the papers of this special collection. Finally, we discuss their contribution and future research avenues.

Results: The papers of this special collection report significant heterogeneity in childbearing patterns among descendants of immigrants. Some groups have fertility levels similar to those of natives, some have lower fertility, and some exhibit significantly higher fertility. Further, polarisation characterises many descendant groups; some individuals have small families or even remain childless, whereas others have large families.

Conclusions: We conclude that factors related to mainstream society, minority subculture, and minority status all shape fertility behaviour of the descendants of immigrants and that their impact varies across descendant groups. Future research should investigate whether the observed heterogeneity in childbearing patterns is likely to decline over generations or the diversity is here to stay.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1345-1374
Number of pages	30
Journal	Demographic Research
Volume	S23
Issue number	46
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2019.40.46
Publication status	Published - 28 May 2019

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CPC2 - Allan Findlay: Centre for Population Change
Findlay, A. M. (PI), Kulu, H. (PI) & McCollum, D. (CoI)
Economic & Social Research Council
1/01/14 → 31/03/19
Project: Standard

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