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Peer reviewedSingley, Susan G.; Landale, Nancy S. – Social Forces, 1998
Life history data from both origin and destination areas were used to examine the relationship between migration and fertility among Puerto Rican women. Migration to the U.S. mainland had opposite effects on childbearing for single versus married or cohabiting women. For all migrants, migration played an integral part in the family formation…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Age Differences, Birth, Birth Rate
