Internal Migration, Contraception and Fertility in Turkey

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Abstract

While a large literature explores Turkish fertility behavior abroad, we still know little about fertility among internal migrants in Turkey. In addition, few scholars have investigated contraceptive behavior in connection with migration and family formation processes. Using 2008 and 2013 Turkish Demographic and Health Survey data, we employ event history analysis to examine fertility behavior among internal migrants in Turkey, with attention to contraceptive histories. First, we find differences in first, second and third birth transitions across types of migration (urban-to-urban, rural-to-urban, urban-to-rural and rural-to-rural), educational backgrounds and contraceptive histories. Second, we find that differences in education largely account for differences across types of migration in second birth transitions and partially accounts for differences in first and third birth transitions. Contraceptive backgrounds do not account for differences across types of migration except among third birth transitions, although partially so.

Authors

• Jeylan Erman, University of Pennsylvania

• Julia A Behrman, Northwestern University