Titre du document / Document title
Fertility of Chinese immigrants in the U.S. : Testing a fertility emancipation hypothesis = La fertilité des chinois immigrés aux Etats-Unis : test de l'hypothèse de l'émancipation en matière de fertilité
Auteur(s) / Author(s)
HWANG S.-S. (1) ; SAENZ R. (2) ;
Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)
(1) University of Alabama at Birmingham, ETATS-UNIS
(2) Texas A&M University, ETATS-UNIS

Résumé / Abstract
This study explores the author's hypothesis that the fertility of Chinese women, which was kept low by the one-child policy implemented in the People's Republic of China in 1979, is likely to bounce back to a higher level once these women emigrate. He tests this hypothesis with data from the 1990 U.S. Census of Population 5% Public Use Microdata Samples. Using least squares regression analysis, he finds evidence supporting his hypothesis. His findings indicate that, other things being equal, women from the People's Republic of China have a significantly lower average number of children than Chinese women from other countries. The fertility difference between the two groups of women reverses direction, however, when the author shifts his focus to the average number of U.S. births. Women from the People's Republic of China are able to surpass their counterparts in postmigration births due to their accelerating U.S. fertility rate. These findings corroborate theories of social behavior that suggest that rational individuals adjust their fertility levels when external circumstances affect fertility change
Revue / Journal Title
Journal of marriage and the family ISSN 0022-2445
Source / Source
1997, vol. 59, no1, pp. 50-61 (32 ref.)
Langue / Language
Anglais

Editeur / Publisher
Blackwell, Malden, ETATS-UNIS (1964) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords
Migrant ; Chinese ; United States Of America ; Demographic behaviour ; Demographic Policy ; Only Children ; China PR ; Emancipation ; Theory ; Fertility ; Rationality ;
Mots-clés français / French Keywords
Migrant ; Chinois ; Etats-Unis ; Comportement démographique ; Politique démographique ; Enfant unique ; Chine RP ; Emancipation ; Théorie ; Fertilité ; Rationalité ;
Localisation / Location
INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 22318, 35400006340864.0040

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