Milewski Fertility of Immigrants

A Two-Generational Approach in Germany
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-3-642-03705-4
Verlag: Springer
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E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

This volume, 'Fertility of Immigrants: A Two-Generational Approach in Germany' by Dr. Nadja Milewski, is the sixth book of a series of Demographic Research Monographs published by Springer Verlag. Dr. Milewski is now working for the University of Rostock, but at the time she wrote the book, she was a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The book is a slightly-revised version of her doctoral dissertation ('Fertility of Immigrants and Their Descendants in West Germany: An Event History Approach'), which she completed at the Max Planck Institute and submitted to the University of Rostock. She was awarded highest honors, summa cum laude, for her dissertation. As Professor Jan Hoem wrote in his review of Dr. Milewski's dissertation, the research focuses on the patterns and levels of childbearing among immigrant women. Given Germany's varied immigration experience with refugees, asylum seekers, guest workers, and foreign-born persons of German ancestry, Dr. Milewski's topic is of particular interest, especially with regard to differences in the patterns and levels of childbearing among various kinds of immigrants to Germany vs. native-born Germans. Numerous empirical and theoretical studies of childbearing among immigrants to various countries have been published and Dr. Milewski carefully reviews them. While earlier studies have tended to be rather fragmentary, particularly for European populations, Dr. Milewski's research provides a comp- hensive picture of the recent female fertility of post-war migrants and their desc- dants in West Germany, with an emphasis on migrants who came to Germany to work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Milewski, Nadja

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword;6
2;Acknowledgments;10
3;Contents;11
4;List of Figures;14
5;List of Tables;15
6;Chapter 1 Introduction;18
6.1;1.1 Germany’s Immigration History After 1945;19
6.1.1;1.1.1 Expellees (Vertriebene) and In-Migrating Ethnic Germans (Aussiedler);20
6.1.2;1.1.2 “Guest Workers” (Gastarbeiter) in West Germany;22
6.1.3;1.1.3 Foreign Workers (Vertragsarbeiter) in the Former GDR;25
6.1.4;1.1.4 Refugees and Asylum Seekers;26
6.1.5;1.1.5 Summary: Immigrants and Their Descendants in Germany;27
6.2;1.2 Introduction to Fertility of Immigrants in Germany;29
6.3;1.3 Research Questions and Structure of the Study;32
7;Chapter 2 Theory and Empirical Findings in Previous Investigations;35
7.1;2.1 Migration and Fertility;35
7.1.1;2.1.1 Disruption;37
7.1.2;2.1.2 Interrelation of Events;38
7.1.3;2.1.3 Adaptation;39
7.1.4;2.1.4 Socialization;43
7.1.5;2.1.5 Selection and Characteristics;44
7.1.6;2.1.6 Legitimacy;48
7.1.7;2.1.7 Minority Groups;48
7.1.8;2.1.8 Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Economic Arguments;49
7.1.9;2.1.9 Independence-Effect: Sub-Culture and Minority Status;50
7.1.10;2.1.10 Synthesis: Theories;54
7.2;2.2 Family-Formation Context in the Countries of Origin;56
7.2.1;2.2.1 Italy and Spain;57
7.2.2;2.2.2 Turkey;59
7.2.3;2.2.3 Former Yugoslavia;62
7.2.4;2.2.4 Greece;63
7.2.5;2.2.5 Intermediate Conclusion;64
7.3;2.3 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of “Guest Workers” and Their Descendants in Germany;65
7.3.1;2.3.1 Legal Status;65
7.3.2;2.3.2 Education;67
7.3.3;2.3.3 Occupation;68
7.3.4;2.3.4 Religious Affiliation;71
7.3.5;2.3.5 Social Interaction and Marriage Behavior;72
7.4;2.4 Research Summary: Fertility of “Guest Workers” in Germany;74
7.4.1;2.4.1 Period, Age, and Time Effects;74
7.4.2;2.4.2 Individual Factors Influencing Fertility;77
7.4.3;2.4.3 Contextual and Cultural Factors;79
7.4.4;2.4.4 Reflections in the Light of Theory;81
7.5;2.5 Research Approach and Working Hypotheses;85
7.5.1;2.5.1 The Life-Course Approach;85
7.5.2;2.5.2 Hypotheses, Part 1 – Entry into Motherhood;88
7.5.3;2.5.3 Hypotheses, Part II – Transitions to a Second and a Third Child;91
8;Chapter 3 Empirical Analysis;94
8.1;3.1 Data, Method, and Explanatory Variables;94
8.1.1;3.1.1 Data;94
8.1.2;3.1.2 Method;97
8.1.3;3.1.3 Explanatory Variables;98
8.2;3.2 Introductory Description of the Sample;107
8.2.1;3.2.1 Marriage;107
8.2.2;3.2.2 Completed Family Size;111
8.3;3.3 Results: Transition to a First Child;112
8.3.1;3.3.1 Kaplan–Meier Survival Estimates;113
8.3.2;3.3.2 Immigrant Generation and Baseline Intensity (Age of the Woman);117
8.3.3;3.3.3 Stay Duration of First-Generation Immigrants;118
8.3.4;3.3.4 Marriage Duration;119
8.3.5;3.3.5 Women’s Characteristics;121
8.3.6;3.3.6 Partner’s Characteristics;123
8.3.7;3.3.7 Immigration Background;123
8.3.8;3.3.8 Further Covariates;126
8.3.9;3.3.9 Intermediate Conclusion;127
8.4;3.4 Results: Transition to a Second Child;128
8.4.1;3.4.1 Kaplan–Meier Survival Estimates;128
8.4.2;3.4.2 Immigrant Generation and Baseline Intensity (Age of the First Child);130
8.4.3;3.4.3 Stay Duration of First-Generation Immigrants;132
8.4.4;3.4.4 Women’s Characteristics;133
8.4.5;3.4.5 Partner’s Characteristics;135
8.4.6;3.4.6 Immigration Background;135
8.4.7;3.4.7 Further Covariates;137
8.4.8;3.4.8 Intermediate Conclusion;137
8.5;3.5 Results: Transition to a Third Child;138
8.5.1;3.5.1 Kaplan–Meier Survival Estimates;138
8.5.2;3.5.2 Immigrant Generation and Baseline Intensity (Age of the Second Child);140
8.5.3;3.5.3 Stay Duration of First-Generation Immigrants;142
8.5.4;3.5.4 Women’s Characteristics;143
8.5.5;3.5.5 Partner’s Educational Attainment;144
8.5.6;3.5.6 Immigration Background;144
8.5.7;3.5.7 Further Covariates;146
8.5.8;3.5.8 Intermediate Conclusion;146
9;Chapter 4 Discussion;147
9.1;4.1 Conclusions for Hypotheses;147
9.1.1;4.1.1 Disruption;147
9.1.2;4.1.2 Interrelation of Events;148
9.1.3;4.1.3 Adaptation;150
9.1.4;4.1.4 Selection and Characteristics;152
9.1.5;4.1.5 Socialization;153
9.2;4.2 Reflections and Perspectives;155
9.2.1;4.2.1 Disruption and Union Dissolution;155
9.2.2;4.2.2 Adaptation and Selection of First-Generation Immigrants;156
9.2.3;4.2.3 Second-Generation Immigrants;157
9.2.4;4.2.4 Family Patterns;157
10;Chapter 5 Summary;159
11;Appendix;163
11.1;First-Child Analysis;163
11.2;Second-Child Analysis;168
11.3;Third-Child Analysis;172
12;References;175