Fertility intentions among the children of immigrants in Sweden. Are there differences according to generational status, parental origin, and gender?
Erik Carlsson
10.17045/sthlmuni.5769729.v1
https://su.figshare.com/articles/preprint/Fertility_intentions_among_the_children_of_immigrants_in_Sweden_Are_there_differences_according_to_generational_status_parental_origin_and_gender_/5769729
<b>Abstract:</b> Even though fertility preferences among
immigrant descendants provide information about their level of ideological
adaptation to destination country patterns, there is so far only little
research on the topic. In analyzing the short-term fertility intentions among
children of immigrants in Sweden, this study contributes new insights both by
extending the focus from behavior to preferences and by distinguishing among
children of immigrants according to (1) generational status, (2) parental origin,
and (3) gender. With data from the Swedish GGS of 2012/2013 (n=3,958), the study
uses partial proportional odds models to compare the children of immigrants to
non-immigrants and the first generation regarding the propensity to have a more
positive intention along a four-category scale (definitely/probably yes/no).
Results indicate that convergence to destination country patterns is taking
place across immigrant generations, with both the second generation with one
and with two foreign-born parent(s) being similar to non-immigrants at every
step of the analysis, the first generation having more positive intentions at
almost every step, and the 1.5 generation often in a medium position. This
pattern of convergence is in line with earlier findings on fertility behavior
and holds also when generational categories are disaggregated by four regional
origins: Western, Eastern European, Middle Eastern/North African, and other
non-European. There are gender differences for all three generational groups of
children of immigrants, with men having similar or more positive intentions
compared to non-immigrant men and women having similar or less positive
intentions compared to non-immigrant women.
2018-01-09 15:18:54
fertility intentions
children of immigrants
descendants of immigrants
second generation
1.5 generation
‘Stockholm Reports in Demography’
Sociologiska institutionen
Department of Sociology
SUDA
Stockholm University Demography Unit
Stockholms universitets demografiska avdelning
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Sociology