The Same Fertility Ideals as in the Country of Origin? A Study of the Personal Ideal Family Size among Immigrant Women in Italy
Autor/in:
Mussino, Eleonora; Ortensi, Livia Elisa
Quelle: Comparative Population Studies - Zeitschrift für Bevölkerungswissenschaft, 43 (2018) , S 243-274
Inhalt: The role of the personal ideal family size for international migrants has rarely been studied in the current debate on fertility and migration in the European context. It is not known to which extent the reduction of fertility observed among immigrants who settle in a country where fertility is lower than in their country of origin is the result of a change in fertility norms among those immigrants. The study of migrants' ideals family size has the potential to shed light on fertility norms without the interference of economic conditions and migration-related disruptive phenomena. Due to the complexity of its migration context, Italy is an interesting destination country for studying changes in migrants' ideal family sizes. This paper uses data from the survey of the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) on immigrant families conducted in 2011-12. We compare the personal ideal family size of women of reproductive age with the prevalent norm in their country of origin, applying a multinomial logistic regression analysis. Results show that the country of origin has an important role in the determination of immigrants’ ideal family sizes. Women from countries where large families are the ideal are more likely to show a lower personal ideal family size compared to their non-migrant co-nationals, while women from countries where two children are considered ideal mostly share the same norm. The occurrence of fertility preferences expressed in a non-numeric form (e.g. "Up to God") changes between women with different countries of origin. This study confirms that conformity with the ideal of the country of origin is more likely among women who migrated as adults. At the same time, the number of years spent in the destination country is not significantly associated with a shift away from the norms prevalent in the country of origin. Finally, female empowerment and gender equity show their effects mainly on the reduction of non-numeric responses.
Schlagwörter:Migrant; migrant; woman; Italien; Italy; Fruchtbarkeit; fertility; Kinderzahl; number of children; generatives Verhalten; reproductive behavior; Familiengröße; family size; Norm; standard; Tradition; tradition; Herkunftsland; country of origin; Geschlechtsrolle; gender role; Gleichberechtigung; equality of rights; sozioökonomische Faktoren; socioeconomic factors; Ideal number of children; Fertility; Migrants; Italy; Gender Norms
SSOAR Kategorie:Bevölkerung, Familiensoziologie, Sexualsoziologie, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
The Same Fertility Ideals as in the Country of Origin? A Study of the Personal Ideal Family Size among Immigrant Women in Italy
Autor/in:
Mussino, Eleonora; Ortensi, Livia Elisa
Quelle: Comparative Population Studies - Zeitschrift für Bevölkerungswissenschaft, 43 (2018) , S 243-274
Inhalt: The role of the personal ideal family size for international migrants has rarely been studied in the current debate on fertility and migration in the European context. It is not known to which extent the reduction of fertility observed among immigrants who settle in a country where fertility is lower than in their country of origin is the result of a change in fertility norms among those immigrants. The study of migrants' ideals family size has the potential to shed light on fertility norms without the interference of economic conditions and migration-related disruptive phenomena. Due to the complexity of its migration context, Italy is an interesting destination country for studying changes in migrants' ideal family sizes. This paper uses data from the survey of the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) on immigrant families conducted in 2011-12. We compare the personal ideal family size of women of reproductive age with the prevalent norm in their country of origin, applying a multinomial logistic regression analysis. Results show that the country of origin has an important role in the determination of immigrants’ ideal family sizes. Women from countries where large families are the ideal are more likely to show a lower personal ideal family size compared to their non-migrant co-nationals, while women from countries where two children are considered ideal mostly share the same norm. The occurrence of fertility preferences expressed in a non-numeric form (e.g. "Up to God") changes between women with different countries of origin. This study confirms that conformity with the ideal of the country of origin is more likely among women who migrated as adults. At the same time, the number of years spent in the destination country is not significantly associated with a shift away from the norms prevalent in the country of origin. Finally, female empowerment and gender equity show their effects mainly on the reduction of non-numeric responses.
Schlagwörter:Italy; fertility; reproductive behavior; number of children; gender role; Migrant; Italien; sozioökonomische Faktoren; Geschlechtsrolle; Gleichberechtigung; country of origin; family size; Kinderzahl; Fruchtbarkeit; Tradition; Familiengröße; generatives Verhalten; Norm; migrant; Herkunftsland; standard; equality of rights; socioeconomic factors; woman; tradition; Ideal number of children; Fertility; Migrants; Italy; Gender Norms
SSOAR Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Familiensoziologie, Sexualsoziologie, Bevölkerung
Kinderzahl und Migrationshintergrund - ein Vergleich zwischen Frauen türkischer Herkunft mit oder ohne eigene Wanderungserfahrung sowie Frauen ohne Migrationshintergrund in Westdeutschland
Titelübersetzung:Number of children and migration background: a comparison between women of Turkish origin with or without migration experience of their own and women without a migration background in Western Germany
Autor/in:
Naderi, Robert
Quelle: Zeitschrift für Familienforschung, 27 (2015) 3, S 322-342
Inhalt: "Die Fertilität von Frauen mit türkischer Herkunft und deutschen Frauen unterscheidet sich deutlich voneinander. Die grundlegende Frage lautet dabei, welche Faktoren dazu führen, dass sich das Fertilitätsverhalten an das der Frauen ohne Migrationshintergrund annähert. Hierzu werden in diesem Beitrag Ergebnisse einer vergleichenden Analyse des Mikrozensus 2012 zur Kinderzahl von Frauen mit türkischem Migrationshintergrund und Frauen gleicher Jahrgänge (1963 bis 1977) ohne Migrationshintergrund präsentiert. Die Analysen berücksichtigen die eigene Wanderungserfahrung, Aufenthaltsdauer, den Bildungsstand, Erwerbstätigkeit und die Partnerschaft. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass eine Differenzierung nach eigener Migrationserfahrung sowie Aufenthaltsdauer im Zusammenspiel mit dem Bildungsstand wesentlich sind. Wenn in Deutschland geborene Frauen mit türkischen Wurzeln einen hohen Bildungsstand aufweisen, sind die Paritäten vergleichbar mit denen von gleich hoch gebildeten Frauen ohne Migrationshintergrund. Bei Betrachtung niedrigerer Bildungsabschlüsse bleiben die Unterschiede bestehen." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "The fertility of women of Turkish origin significantly differs from German women’s fertility. Thus, the basic question is which factors may lead to the fact that the former’s fertility behavior starts to converge to that of women without migration background. Based on comparative analyses of the German Microcensus 2012, this article presents findings with regard to the number of children born to a) women with a Turkish migration background and b) women without migration background, both belonging to the same age group that was born between 1963 and 1977. The analyses take into account: a) having migration experience of one’s own, b) duration of living in Germany, c) educational attainment, d) employment status, and e) partnership status. The results indicate that a differentiation with regard to both migration experience and duration of living in Germany, interacting with the level of education, is essential. Highly educated women with Turkish roots born in Germany display a parity that is similar to the parity of equally highly educated women not having a migration background. When comparing women of the subgroups who have lower levels of education in common, the differences in fertility do persist." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Fruchtbarkeit; fertility; Migrationshintergrund; migration background; woman; Türke; Turk; Deutscher; German; Kinderzahl; number of children; Geburtenentwicklung; birth trend; Geburtenrückgang; declining birth rate; generatives Verhalten; reproductive behavior; sozioökonomische Faktoren; socioeconomic factors; Bildungsniveau; level of education; Federal Republic of Germany; neue Bundesländer; New Federal States; Parität
SSOAR Kategorie:Familiensoziologie, Sexualsoziologie, Bevölkerung
Erwerbseintritt und "Timing" der Ehe: eine längsschnittliche Untersuchung der Bedeutung des
Erwerbseintritts von Frauen für den Zeitpunkt der ersten Eheschließung
Autor/in:
Skopek, Nora
Quelle: Bamberg, 2010. 91 S
Inhalt: Im Mittelpunkt der Arbeit steht die Frage, welchen Effekt der Einstieg in das Erwerbsleben auf das "Timing" der Eheschließung hat. Konkret sucht sie nach Antworten auf drei Fragestellungen: (1) Ist der Eintritt in das Erwerbsleben sowohl bei Männern, als auch bei Frauen mit einer erhöhten Heiratsneigung verbunden? (2) Ist die Heiratsneigung der Frau noch immer eine Funktion der ökonomischen Charakteristika des Mannes oder hat der Eintritt ins Erwerbsleben der Frauen mittlerweile einen eigenständigen Einfluss auf das "Timing" der Ehe? (3) Inwiefern unterscheiden sich west- und ostdeutsche Frauen bezüglich der Bedeutung des Erwerbseintritts für das "Timing" der ersten Eheschließung?
Schlagwörter:Erwerbsverhalten; employment behavior; Berufseinmündung; career start; Heirat; wedding; woman; gender-specific factors; sozioökonomische Faktoren; socioeconomic factors; Lebenslauf; life career; Familienplanung; family planning; Ost-West-Vergleich; east-west comparison; neue Bundesländer; New Federal States; alte Bundesländer; old federal states; Federal Republic of Germany
SSOAR Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Familiensoziologie, Sexualsoziologie, Bevölkerung
Emancipation or child benefits? What Germany’s new family policy has learned from other European countries
Titelübersetzung:Emanzipation oder Kindergeld? Was die neue Familienpolitik Deutschlands von anderen europäischen Ländern gelernt hat
Autor/in:
Kröhnert, Steffen; Klingholz, Reiner
Quelle: Berlin-Institut für Bevölkerung und Entwicklung; Berlin, 2008. 30 S
Inhalt: "The present analysis compares the social conditions for different fertility rates in the nations of western Europe based on an array of socioeconomic indicators. It shows clearly that the traditionally negative correlation between wealth and social development on the one hand and fertility on the other no longer holds once a society has reached a certain level of development. Today more children are born in the countries with the most advanced social systems in regard to gender equality. Based on this result, we propose to discuss the problem of low-fertility countries from a different point of view. Neither child benefits nor other sources of financial aid appear to motivate people in modern industrial societies to have more children. What is far more crucial is equality of men and women in society." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Emanzipation; emancipation; woman; Kindergeld; child benefit; Familienpolitik; family policy; Frauenpolitik; women's policy; Frauenförderung; advancement of women; Gleichstellung; affirmative action; Familie-Beruf; work-family balance; Familienarbeit; family work; Geburtenentwicklung; birth trend; Geburtenrückgang; declining birth rate; Kinderlosigkeit; childlessness; Kinderzahl; number of children; sozioökonomische Faktoren; socioeconomic factors; Wohlstand; prosperity; Transferleistung; transfer payments; Gleichberechtigung; equality of rights; Federal Republic of Germany; Europa; Europe
SSOAR Kategorie:Familienpolitik, Jugendpolitik, Altenpolitik, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Bevölkerung
Quelle: Berlin-Institut für Bevölkerung und Entwicklung; Berlin, 2004. 18 S
Inhalt: "(...) Den stetigen Rückgang der Kinderzahlen in modernen Industriegesellschaften bezeichnen manche Bevölkerungswissenschaftler als 'ökonomisch-demografisches Paradoxon'. Je mehr Kinder sich Menschen in den immer wohlhabenderen Gesellschaften theoretisch leisten könnten, je mehr individuelle Freiheiten sich ihnen eröffnen, um so weniger Nachwuchs setzen sie in die Welt. Nach dieser Theorie müssten liberale, marktwirtschaftlich und kapitalistisch orientierte Gesellschaften langfristig aussterben. Das 'ökonomisch-demografische Paradoxon' ist auf den ersten Blick plausibel. Steigender Wohlstand und wirtschaftlicher Aufstieg führen überall auf der Welt zu einem Absinken der Geburtenraten. Doch die Ursache für die deutlichen Unterschiede zwischen den Nationen Westeuropas lässt sich so nicht erklären. (...)" (Textauszug)
Schlagwörter:Emanzipation; emancipation; Europa; Europe; woman; Familie; family; Geburtenrückgang; declining birth rate; Kindergeld; child benefit; Familienpolitik; family policy; Kinderzahl; number of children; Geburt; birth; Quantität; quantity; sozioökonomische Faktoren; socioeconomic factors; Wohlstand; prosperity; Familie-Beruf; work-family balance; Kinderbetreuung; child care; Federal Republic of Germany
SSOAR Kategorie:Bevölkerung, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung