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Rebecca Woofter1, Angubeen Khan2, May Sudhinaraset3
1University of California Los Angeles, Department of Community Health Sciences, USA; Rutgers School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior, Society, and Policy, USA.
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In the U.S., fertility intentions have declined overall and across immigrant generations. This study explored fertility intentions and the role of immigration status among undocumented immigrants using data from a mixed-methods survey of 120 Asian and Latinx undocumented immigrants in California conducted in 2022. Overall, 57% of participants intended to have children. Additionally, 38% of participants indicated that their immigration status impacted their fertility intentions, and described connections through economic precarity and fear of deportation. This study adds to prior qualitative literature further demonstrating that undocumented immigrants face barriers to having children and many do not intend to have children.
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