Journal article
Children of Immigrants and Nonmarital Fertility in the United States
MIGRATION LETTERS, v 19(4), p449
Jul 2022
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Abstract
There is vast research on the patterns and consequences of nonmarital fertility; but relatively little is known about how the patterns of nonmarital fertility vary according to the immigrant generational status of young adult Americans. This paper examines differences in the risk of experiencing a nonmarital first birth between children of immigrants and children of native-born Americans. Results from the longitudinal data and event history models show that children of immigrants are less likely to have a nonmarital first birth compared to children of native-born Americans. A range of demographic and mitigating factors drive these nonmarital fertility patterns but do not fully account for the differences. I provide possible explanations for children of immigrants' lower risks of experiencing a nonmarital first birth. This study provides new insights into differentials into the family context faced by the next generation of Americans.
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- Title
- Children of Immigrants and Nonmarital Fertility in the United States
- Publication Details
- MIGRATION LETTERS, v 19(4), p449
- Publisher
- TRANSNATIONAL PRESS LONDON; LONDON
- Grant note
- This research uses data from Add Health, a program project directed by Kathleen Mullan Harris and designed by J. Richard Udry, Peter S. Bearman, and Kathleen Mullan Harris at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and funded by grant P01-HD31921 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, with cooperative funding from 23 other federal agencies and foundations. Special acknowledgment is due Ronald R. Rindfuss and Barbara Entwisle for assistance in the original design. Information on how to obtain the Add Health data files is available on the Add Health website (http:// www.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth) . No direct support was received from grant P01-HD31921 for this analysis.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000892145000007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85142270955
- Other Identifier
- 991021860728204721
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