The impact of outmigration of men on fertility and marriage in the migrant-sending states of Mexico, 1995-2000

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4959840
AutoresKari White (0000-0001-6463-8626, University of Alabama at Birmingham, autor de correspondencia), J E Potter (0000-0002-8960-813X, The University of Texas at Austin)
Año2013
Volumen67
Número1
Páginas83-95
Fecha de publicación2013-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00324728.2012.721518
PMID23009347
PMCIDPMC4418515
OpenAlexW2057100435
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas34

Using the 2000 Mexican Census, we examined whether the level of migration was associated with total fertility and the proportion of women married in 314 municipalities from seven traditional sending states. Across these municipalities, we observe lower fertility in higher-migration areas. Municipalities in the quartile with the highest levels of migration have total fertility more than half a child lower than municipalities in the lowest migration quartile. However, there are no differences in marital fertility by level of migration, indicating that lower proportions of women married account for lower total fertility in high-migration municipalities. In municipal-level regression models, lower sex ratios are associated with a lower proportion of women married, while there is an inverse association between education and marriage. The level of migration also has an independent association with marriage, suggesting that there may be changing ideas surrounding family formation in high-migration areas

Census · Demographic economics · Economics · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Marital status · Population · Quartile · Research methodology · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics