In this study, we use data of
the German Mikrozensus to explore first and second birth behavior of migrants’
descendants. Whereas prior waves of the Mikrozensus only included respondents’
citizenship, in the survey years 2005 and 2009 also parental citizenship has
been surveyed. This allows us to identify respondents’ migrant backgrounds,
even if they have German citizenship.
We distinguish those who migrated as
children (1.5 generation) from those who were born to Turkish parents in
Germany (second generation migrants). We compare both migrant generations to
German non-migrants. Using discrete-time hazard models, our results show that
1.5 generation migrants have the highest probability of having a first and
second birth, while German non-migrants have the lowest birth probabilities.
The second generation lies in-between.
This pattern also persists after taking
the educational attainment of respondents into consideration. However, there
seems to be an adaptation of highly educated second generation Turkish migrants
to non-migrant Germans: we find no significant differences in the probability
of having a first birth in the two groups. For second births, we do not find
this pattern which might be related to the young age structure in the sample of
second generation migrants.
Below: Survival curves. Non-migrant Germans, 1.5 and second generation migrants. Female respondents of birth cohorts 1965–1991. (Source: Mikrozensus 2005 and 2009, unweighted. Authors’ own illustration)
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Institut für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie (ISS), Universität zu Köln, Greinstraße 2, 50939 Cologne, Germany
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