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Fertility of Migrant Women in Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Farhat Yusuf  and
Gary Eckstein
Farhat Yusuf
Affiliation:
School of Economic and Financial Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Gary Eckstein
Affiliation:
School of Economic and Financial Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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Summary

This paper examines the current fertility (1971–72) of migrant women in Australia, in order to compare the fertility levels and patterns prevalent among migrants from nine selected countries with those of the Australian born women. Birth registration data have been mainly used in the analysis.

Three main points emerge. Among the married women there were few differences in fertility regardless of the country of birth. A major exception was the somewhat higher fertility levels among the southern European migrants. Extramarital fertility seemed to vary substantially between different migrant groups: New Zealanders had the highest and the Italians and Greeks had the lowest levels. There were major differences in the proportion of women married among the various migrant groups; again the southern Europeans had highest proportions married. Comparison of the reproductive behaviour of migrants with their counterparts in the countries of origin showed that the southern European migrants in Australia had higher fertility rates than those prevalent in their countries of origin.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , April 1980 , pp. 179 - 190
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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