Population, Space and Place
Volume 25, Issue 4, 2019
Actual and ideal fertility differential among natives, immigrants, and descendants of immigrants in a northeastern state of India (Article) (Open Access)
Saikia N.* ,
Moradhvaj ,
Saha A. ,
Chutia U.
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World Population Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India
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Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India
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Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India, Department of Geography, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Department of Anthropology, Delhi University, Delhi, India
Abstract
Little research has been conducted on the native-immigrant fertility differential in low-income settings. The objective of our paper is to examine the actual and ideal fertility differential of native and immigrant families in Assam. We used the data from a primary quantitative survey carried out in 52 villages in five districts of Assam during 2014–2015. We performed bivariate analysis and used a multilevel mixed-effects linear regression model to analyse the actual and ideal fertility differential by type of village. The average number of children ever-born is the lowest in native villages in contrast to the highest average number of children ever-born in immigrant villages. The likelihood of having more children is also the highest among women in immigrant villages. However, the effect of religion surpasses the effect of the type of village the women reside in. © 2019 The Authors. Population, Space and Place published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85064009794&doi=10.1002%2fpsp.2238&partnerID=40&md5=ae8f985f3650193773e0c995a72ad3a8
DOI: 10.1002/psp.2238
ISSN: 15448444
Original Language: English