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Migration and reproduction in transitional times: stopping behavior of immigrants and natives in the Belgian city of Antwerp (1810-1925)
Migration und Reproduktion in Übergangszeiten: Stopping von Migranten und Einheimischen am Beispiel der belgischen Stadt Antwerpen
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Abstract "In the course of the nineteenth century, millions of migrants moved to and settled permanently in western European urban centers. This large influx of immigrants, originating from various regions with different demographic backgrounds, affected the level and pace of the local fertility transition. ... view more
"In the course of the nineteenth century, millions of migrants moved to and settled permanently in western European urban centers. This large influx of immigrants, originating from various regions with different demographic backgrounds, affected the level and pace of the local fertility transition. In this study the authors sampled and analyzed 747 couples consisting of natives and immigrants in the city of Antwerp during the early fertility transition. Stopping behavior of both native, immigrant and mixed couples is analyzed. The authors found that adult migrants display stopping behavior that resembles that at their origin while individuals that immigrated during childhood adapt more often to the dominant local fertility pattern. While the migratory status of the mother was more decisive than that of the father, couples consisting of both immigrants were the last to implement more efficient reproductive strategies. By focusing on individual behavioral patterns, new light is shed on the diffusion of reproductive behavior during the Western European fertility decline." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
fertility; Western Europe; behavior modification; large city; socialization; comparative research; Belgium; marriage; life career; migrant; population development; woman; child; migration; age; nineteenth century
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Population Studies, Sociology of Population
Method
empirical; quantitative empirical; historical
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 321-350
Journal
Historical Social Research, 37 (2012) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.37.2012.3.321-350
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed