This paper reviews recent research on family dynamics among immigrants and their
descendants in Europe. While there is a large body of literature on various aspects of …

Our objectives were to determine whether migrant women in Western industrialized
countries have higher odds of inadequate prenatal care (PNC) compared to receiving …

Periodic estimation of the incidence of global unintended pregnancy can help demonstrate
the need for and impact of family planning programs. We draw upon multiple sources of data …

Total fertility rates fell to previously unseen levels in a large number of countries beginning
in the early 1990s. The persistence of TFRs below 1.3 raised the possibility of rapid …

Cross-country differences in both the age at first birth and fertility are substantial in Europe.
This paper uses distinct fluctuations in unemployment rates across European countries …

This study investigates the childbearing patterns of the descendants of immigrants in six
European countries, with a focus on women whose parents arrived in Europe from high …

The ongoing transition to low fertility is, alongside the long-term expansion of life
expectancy, the key force reshaping populations around the world. It has sweeping …

We discuss some of the data and methodological challenges to estimating trends in family
formation and union dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examine the …

This study investigates the effect of native/immigrant intermarriage on divorce. We used a
rich longitudinal dataset from the German Socio-Economic Panel and applied event-history …

In this paper on immigrant fertility in West Germany, we estimate the transition rates to
second and third births, using intensity-regression models. The data come from the German …