David P. Lindstrom
Silvia Giorguli Saucedo

http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol17/28/

doi:10.4054/DemRes.2007.17.28

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Abstract
This study examines the interrelationship between migration and marital fertility, using a bi-national sample of retrospective life histories collected in Mexican origin communities and U.S. destination areas. We treat couples as the unit of analysis and use discrete-time hazard models to examine: (1) how the timing and parity of births influence the occurrence of migration (to the U.S. or return to Mexico) and the type of migration (solo or couple), and (2) how current migration status and cumulative migration experience influence the likelihood of a birth. Examining the effects of fertility on migration, and the effects of migration on the timing of births, we are able to address how couples integrate migration opportunities and fertility goals into family building strategies in a context where international circular migration is pervasive.

Author's affiliation
David P. Lindstrom
Brown University, United States of America
Silvia Giorguli Saucedo
Centro de Estudios Demográficos, Urbanos y Ambientales, El Colegio de México, Mexico

Keywords
fertility, life course, Mexico, migration

Word count (Main text)
9104

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