This paper reviews the most recent literature on the fertility of migrant populations in Europe.
In a systematic review of 21 peer-reviewed journals, we found that the literature has focused …

Intermarriage between immigrants and native individuals highlights the need to study
childbearing as a joint decision of couples, because fertility preferences are likely to differ for …

ABSTRACT A growing literature examines parental sex preferences for their children among
migrant communities in Western countries and investigates whether migrants' preferences …

BACKGROUND A plethora of emergent literature is investigating the prevalence of gender
preferences among immigrant communities in Western industrialized countries. Such …

Parents are often not indifferent to the sex of their children. Indeed, while there is an overall
preference for having mixed sexes in many Western countries, parents often prefer to have …

Many immigrants to North America and Western Europe originate from countries where
fertility patterns differ considerably between ethnic groups. Yet, earlier research on …

Whether couples agree on having a (nother) child, is a topic of great relevance for society
and for individuals. After decades of a female-centric perspective in research on fertility …

The paper compares the role of men's and women's ideals concerning the sex composition
of children for women's desire to stop childbearing and for use of contraception by couples …

This paper investigates gender preferences for offspring within the native French population
and among immigrants from North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey and Vietnam …

The paper considers role of son preference in formation of desires to have an additional
child in countries of South and Central Asia, Middle East, North Africa and Balkans. Although …