Willemsen, H. W. (2021) Fertility rates of first and second generation German residents with a Turkish origin. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Since the 1960s, there has been a huge groups of Turkish immigrants in Germany, who currently form 3,6% of the total German population. This group arrived as labour migrants and has grown due to family reunification natural population growth. Historically there is a difference between Germany and Turkey. How did these immigrants adapt to the German circumstances? In this thesis, we take a look at the fertility of this immigrant group. The main question used for this research is: Which factors do determine the differences in fertility between Turkish inhabitants of Germany? To answer the main question, we take a look at the first and second generation migrants. Is there a difference in the amount of children between first and second generation migrants? And is there a difference in the fertility between this migrants when they have a different education level? Research in other countries has proved that second generation migrants have a lower fertility than their parents and higher educated people have a lower fertility than lower educated people. Does this also count for Germany? For this thesis, the Gender and Generations program (GGP) dataset is used. In this GGP dataset, there is a subcategory of German residents with a Turkish background. A Poisson regression is used to calculate the probability of having children among first and second generation migrants and four education levels. The results of the Poisson regression are all significant. This means that second generation immigrants have a lower probability to have children and that immigrants with higher education have a lower probability of having a child than immigrants with a lower education. This is in line with the theory. Next to this, the number of children is proved to be a moderation effect between the place of birth and the amount of children. So the level of education influences the relation between the number of children of first and second generation migrants.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Remund, A.P.P. |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jun 2021 10:06 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jun 2021 10:06 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3492 |
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