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Migration and fertility in Puerto Rico.

G C Myers, E W Morris

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Migration experience is linked to fertility in Puerto Rico across different marital statuses and residences. However, migration status does not explain fertility differences between rural-urban or consensual-legal unions.

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Area of Science:

Demography
Sociology
Public Health

Background:

Fertility patterns are influenced by socioeconomic and demographic factors.
Migration is a key demographic process affecting population dynamics and reproductive behaviors.
Understanding these relationships is crucial for population studies and policy development.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the association between migration experience and fertility in Puerto Rico.
To examine how marital status (consensual vs. legal unions) and residence (rural vs. urban vs. metropolitan) interact with migration and fertility.
To determine if migration variables explain observed fertility differentials across these categories.

Main Methods:

Analysis of special tabulations from the 1960 Census of Population for Puerto Rico (25% sample).
Examination of fertility across various marital statuses and residential categories.
Age standardization and age-specific comparisons to control for age composition effects.
Assessment of migration variables' role in explaining fertility differentials.

Main Results:

Migration experience shows an association with fertility across different marital statuses and residential types.
Higher fertility is consistently observed for non-migrants compared to migrants.
Consensually mated individuals and rural residents exhibit higher fertility than their legally married and urban/metropolitan counterparts, respectively.
Fertility is generally lower in the San Juan metropolitan area compared to other urban areas, with a single exception for women in consensual unions.

Conclusions:

Migration experience is a significant correlate of fertility in Puerto Rico.
Observed fertility differentials related to marital status and rural-urban residence are not explained by the migration variables studied.
The findings highlight the complex interplay of migration, marital status, residence, and fertility in the Puerto Rican context.