Three objectives were identified to explore the relationships between migration and fertility. First, to examine migrant-native fertility differentials within the context of traditional assimilation and social mobility models. Second, to explore the relationship between relative income and fertility in order to draw-out its potential theoretical and empirical implications for the study of migrant-native fertility differentials. Third, to develop an alternative model drawing on some assumptions of the assimilation and social mobility models and incorporating ideas developed in studies of the relationship between relative income and fertility and relative income and migration. The data used were derived from the Second Stage Indonesian Intercensal Population Survey (SUPAS II). / The results indicate that longer term (early) migrants were more assimilated to the norms of the urban native population than the shorter term (late) migrants as suggested by the similarity of their fertility and that of the urban natives. The data on migrants' background showed that early urban migrants had similar fertility to the urban natives. On the other hand, early rural migrants had slightly lower fertility rates than the urban natives which suggested that the motivation for upward social mobility accounted for the migrants' fertility behavior. When recent migrants were compared to urban natives, the former showed lower fertility than the urban natives even after age had been controlled. This supported the social mobility assumptions. Further tests on the social mobility model found that female characteristics such as education, employment, family planning participation, and age at first marriage had stronger effects than male characteristics. The results of these tests imply that the longer the migrants lived in urban centers, the closer the convergence of fertility behavior with that of urban natives. / The findings on the relationship between relative income and fertility are inconclusive, although a clear positive association emerged. The alternative model needs to be further studied by improving measurements on relative income, probability of obtaining a job, perceived income differential, and mobility which should include all types of individuals in the population. The alternative model was developed on the assumptions proposed by assimilation and social mobility models by introducing relative income as the budget constraint for individuals to attain their aspirations. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-06, Section: A, page: 2879. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74491 |
| Contributors | RAHARDJO, SRI PAMOEDJO., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 147 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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