Children’s sex composition and transition to higher-order birth among Turkish migrants in Europe and their non-migrant counterparts in Turkey

Does Having a Son Matter

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ID7843872
AuthorsSerap Kava (0000-0003-1880-7227, Cornell University, corresponding author), Ayse Guveli (0000-0003-3679-0238, University of Warwick)
Year2025
Volume51
Issue9
Pages2456-2481
Publication date2025-05-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Community (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183x.2024.2359701
OpenAlexW4399139540
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited53

A growing literature examines parental sex preferences for their children among migrant communities in Western countries and investigates whether migrants’ preferences align with those of the native population. Changes in preference may indicate cultural and structural assimilation into the destination country. We adopted a dissimilation from origins conceptual perspective and compared migrants’ behavior to that of their non-migrant peers in the origin country. We used the unique 2000 Families dataset, which includes multi-generational data on both early labor migrants to Europe and non-migrants from the same regions of origin in Turkey. The study provides the first examination of parental sex preferences for their children and fertility among Turkish migrants and their descendants in Europe and their non-migrant counterparts in Turkey. The findings show ongoing son preference among first-generation migrants and their children, thus supporting the theory of cultural persistence

Art · Biology · Birth order · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Immigration · Political science · Population · Sociology · Turkish · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Gender Studies · Global Maternal and Child Health · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Genetics

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