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Fertility of Female Immigrants in Germany

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Demographic Aspects of Migration

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In Germany, the share of foreigners in the total population has grown almost con-tinuously from 1961 onwards. At the end of 2008, around 6.73 million persons of foreign nationality (including 3.3 million women) were registered in the country. Of increasing importance are “persons of migrant origin”, a group of 15.4 million people (including 7.6 million women), or 18.7 per cent of the total population (German Federal Statistical Office, 2008). One-third of the German population under age five is of migrant origin. Hence, for a country with fertility below replacement level and ongoing demographic ageing – like Germany – the relevance of the migrant population can be expected to increase (Coleman, 2006; Sobotka, 2008). However, despite the large size of the female migrant population in Germany and the significant fertility differences between German and foreign women, there are only a few analyses on the reproductive behaviour of female migrants. This may be due to the lack of adequate and available databases.

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Schmid, S., Kohls, M. (2010). Fertility of Female Immigrants in Germany. In: Salzmann, T., Edmonston, B., Raymer, J. (eds) Demographic Aspects of Migration. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-92563-9_7

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