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Timing Preferences for Women’s Family‐Life Transitions: Intergenerational Transmission Among Migrants and Dutch
Author(s) -
De Valk Helga A. G.,
Liefbroer Aart C.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00353.x
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , kinship , ethnic group , immigration , psychology , family life , cultural transmission in animals , demography , demographic economics , social psychology , developmental psychology , sociology , geography , gender studies , economics , archaeology , communication , anthropology , biology , genetics
This study examines the transmission of preferences regarding the timing of family‐life transitions of women among migrant and native Dutch families. We study how and to what extent parental preferences, migrant origin, and family characteristics affect the child’s timing preferences. We use parent and child data ( N = 1,290) from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study (2002, 2003) and the Social Position and Provisions Ethnic Minorities Survey (2002). Regression analyses reveal that parental timing preferences regarding family‐life transitions are strongly associated with the timing preferences of their children. Analyses also show that these preferences strongly vary by migrant origin, educational level, and religious involvement. The process of intergenerational transmission, however, is found to be very similar among migrants and Dutch.