International Migration Review
Volume 20, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 428-466

Fertility and adaptation: Indochinese refugees in the United States. (Article)

Rumbaut R.G. , Weeks J.R.
  • a Indochinese Health & Adaptation Res Project, San Diego State Univ, CA, USA.
  • b Indochinese Health & Adaptation Res Project, San Diego State Univ, CA, USA.

Abstract

Levels of fertility among Indochinese refugees in the US are explored in the context of a highly compressed demographic transition implicit in the move from high-fertility Southeast Asian societies to a low-fertility resettlement region.-from Authors

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residential mobility demographic transition Research Methodology cultural anthropology Americas refugee regression analysis economics Migrants population demography social change developing country population density Population Dynamics minority group Research Report Developing Countries Family And Household Refugees statistics Asia Ethnic Groups Nonmigrants ethnic group Statistical Studies Developed Countries fertility social care population growth financial management family size Family Characteristics economic conditions Residence Characteristics Settlement And Resettlement spatial distribution United States North America Cultural Background population size sociology geography Minority Groups Natural Increase Southeast Asia Acculturation Socioeconomic Factors socioeconomics Western Hemisphere cultural factor theoretical model Models, Theoretical Article Differential Fertility Financing, Government Statistical Regression migration Geographic Factors Southeastern Asia population and population related phenomena developed country data analysis Demographic Factors research Emigration and Immigration Economic Factors Northern America Transients and Migrants Population Characteristics Public Assistance Financial Activities Macroeconomic Factors Asia, Southeastern Culture Migration--history

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DOI: 10.2307/2546043
ISSN: 01979183
Cited by: 47
Original Language: English