The influence of rural-urban migration on migrants' fertility in Korea, Mexico and Cameroon

Lee, Bun Song; Pol, Louis G.

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“…Industrialization and urbanization triggered large-scale internal migrations from rural to urban areas between the 1960s and 1980s in Korea. Internal migrants from rural areas contributed to the decline in fertility through their acceptance of contraceptive use and the small family norm (Lee and Farber 1984;Lee and Pol 1993). However, because most of the people affected by this trend were from birth cohorts involved in the early phases of the transition, internal migration probably did not play an important role in the overall pattern of fertility differentials.…”

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Educational differentials in cohort fertility during the fertility transition in South Korea

Yoo¹

2014

DemRes

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Educational differentials in cohort fertility during the fertility transition in South Korea

Yoo¹

2014

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“…The authors found that two paths differed significantly, and concluded that rural-urban migration slowed down the fertility rate of Korean women. Later Lee and Pol (1993) showed a significant rural-urban adaptation in Mexico, but not in Cameroon, which they attributed to the specific context of African fertility transition (the fertility increasing effect of urban residency due to reduced infertility). Brockeroff and Yang (1994), however, found support for the adaptation hypothesis in the African context as well.…”

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Migration and Fertility: Competing Hypotheses Re-examined

2005

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Competing views exist concerning the impact of geographical mobility on childbearing patterns. Early research shows that internal migrants largely exhibit fertility levels dominant in their childhood environment, while later studies find migrants' fertility to resemble more closely that of natives at destination. Some authors attribute the latter to adaptation, others claim the selection of migrants by fertility preferences. Moreover, shortterm fertility-lowering-effects of residential relocation have also been proposed and challenged in the literature. This paper contributes to the existing discussion by providing an analysis of the effect of internal migration on fertility of post-war Estonian female cohorts. We use retrospective event-history data and apply intensity regression for both single and simultaneous equations. Our analysis shows that first, the risk of birth for native residents decreases with increasing settlement size and the decrease is larger for higher-order parities. Second, it shows that migrants, whatever their origin, exhibit fertility levels similar to those of nonmigrants at destination. We also observe elevated fertility levels after residential relocations arising from union formation. Our further analysis supports the adaptation hypothesis. We find no evidence on (strong) selectivity of migrants by fertility preferences.Kulu, H., 2005, Migration et fe´condite´: un re´examen d'hypothe`ses concurrentes, Revue Europe´enne de De´mographie, 21: 51-87.Re´sume´. Les diffe´rentes e´tudes de l'influence de la mobilite´ge´ographique sur la constitution de la famille aboutissent a`des re´sultats contradictoires. Les premie`res recherches ont montre´que les migrants internes pre´sentaient des niveaux de fe´condite´comparables a`ceux qui pre´valaient dans l'environnement de leur enfance alors que des e´tudes poste´rieures font e´tat d'une fe´condite´des migrants ressemblant davantage a`celle de la population d'accueil. Certains auteurs attribuent cette observation a`un phe´nome`ne d'adaptation tandis que d'autres mettent l'accent sur un effet de se´lection des migrants en fonction de leurs choix de fe´condite´. De plus, certains travaux insistent sur le phe´nome`ne de baisse provisoire de la fe´condite´au moment du de´placement. Cet article apporte une contribution au de´bat en analysant l'effet des migrations internes sur la fe´condite´des ge´ne´rations fe´minines ne´es en Estonie apre`s la guerre. Nous utilisons des donne´es biographiques re´trospectives et appliquons une re´gression sur l'intensiteṕ our des e´quations simples et simultane´es. Notre analyse montre d'une part que la probabiliteÉ uropean Journal of Population (2005) 21: 51-87 Ó Springer 2005de naissance pour les personnes ne´es sur place est d'autant plus faible que la taille du lieu de re´sidence est importante et que cette relation est plus importante aux parite´s e´leve´es. D'autre part elle montre que les migrants, quelle que soit leur origine, pre´sentent des niveaux de fe´condite´comparables a`ceux des non-migrants du lieu d'...

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“…Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from numerous African countries show lower fertility rates in urban settings than in rural areas, and analysis of these data suggests an association between rural-urban migration and fertility decline (Debpuur 1992;Brockerhoff & Yang 1994;Brockerhoff 1998). But other studies suggest that rural-urban migration in sub-Saharan Africa does not always produce significant declines in fertility (Kollehlon 1986;Hollos & Larsen 1992;Lee 1992). Further, some scholars have argued that in certain cases fertility may actually increase with urban migration (Nag 1979;Diop 1985;Cleveland 1991).…”

Section: Rural-urban Migration and Fertilitymentioning

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Urbanization and the fertility transition in Ghana

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Tagoe

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Popul Res Policy Rev

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This paper examines the way in which migration and urban residence operate to alter fertility outcomes. While urban-rural fertility differentials have long been established for most developing societies, the nature of these differences among migrants and between migrants and those of succeeding generations is not well understood. The evidence presented here suggests that rural-urban migration and urbanization may contribute positively to processes of fertility transition. Using data from the 1998 Kumasi Peri-Urban Survey, which included a 5-year retrospective monthly calendar of childbearing, we suggest that migrants adapt quickly to an urban environment. Our results also reveal generational differences in recent and cumulative fertility. While migrants exhibit higher cumulative fertility than urban residents of the second and third generation, their fertility is significantly lower than rural averages in Ghana. Children of migrants exhibit childbearing patterns quite similar to those in higher-order generations. Most noteworthy is the nature of the disparities in childbearing patterns between migrants and the succeeding generations. Migrant women have higher lifetime fertility than urban natives. Migrant women also exhibit higher fertility over the last 5 years than second generation or high-order urban natives. But these first generation women exhibit lower fertility (vs. urban natives) for the year immediately prior to the survey. These patterns lend support to an interpretation that combines rather than opposes theories of selectivity, disruption, adaptation and socialization. We conclude by discussing mechanisms that might explain these interrelated processes of fertility adjustment and suggest that policies discouraging rural-urban migration need to be revisited.

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The influence of rural-urban migration on migrants' fertility in Korea, Mexico and Cameroon

Cited by 47 publications

References 10 publications

Educational differentials in cohort fertility during the fertility transition in South Korea

Educational differentials in cohort fertility during the fertility transition in South Korea

Migration and Fertility: Competing Hypotheses Re-examined

Urbanization and the fertility transition in Ghana

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