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INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND BIODEMOGRAPHICAL BEHAVIOUR: A STUDY OF ITALIANS IN BELGIUM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2001

M. ZAVATTARO ,
C. SUSANNE  and
M. VERCAUTEREN
M. ZAVATTARO
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Anthropologie et Génétique Humaine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue F. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles
C. SUSANNE
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Anthropologie et Génétique Humaine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue F. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles
M. VERCAUTEREN
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Anthropologie et Génétique Humaine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue F. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles
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Abstract

This paper describes the matrimonial and reproductive behaviour of Italians who migrated to Belgium after the Second World War. Migrants were either already married, or later became married, to other Italians. Among the children of migrants, men equally chose Italian or Belgian wives but women tended to prefer Italian partners. Italian-Belgian marriages were more frequent among the better educated groups. Family size is smaller among migrants marrying after migration and in heterogamous marriages. Significant differences in birth intervals are found when marriage occurred before or after migration, between generations, and between homogamous and heterogamous marriages.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , July 1997 , pp. 345 - 354
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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