Ethnic context and fertility differential in post‐Soviet Kazakhstan

Previous studies have often explained fertility differentials between racial groups by aggregate individual characteristics. Emphasizing a spatial perspective, this study argues that the fertility implications of race may depend on the ethnic composition of the local context. This study tested the e...

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Published in:Population space and place 2023-08, Vol.29 (6), p.n/a
Main Authors: Yang, Xiaozhao Yousef, Liang, Shengyuan, Lu, Yun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
childbearing
decomposition
ethnic context
Ethnicity
Fertility
majority‐minority fertility differential
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority groups
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Polls & surveys
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Summary:Previous studies have often explained fertility differentials between racial groups by aggregate individual characteristics. Emphasizing a spatial perspective, this study argues that the fertility implications of race may depend on the ethnic composition of the local context. This study tested the explanatory power of contextual ethnic composition, measured by diversity and minority share, with the intriguing case of fertility differentials in post‐Soviet Kazakhstan. Multilevel Poisson regressions and decomposition techniques were performed on the pooled 1995 and 1999 Kazakhstan Demographic and Health Surveys. Further sensitivity tests were conducted with the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey‐Kazakhstan 2010–2011 and 2015 surveys. We found that both diversity and minority share are significant contributors to the majority‐minority fertility differential. Specifically, context‐level ethnic diversity is associated with lower fertility (−0.22, p 
ISSN:1544-8444
1544-8452
DOI:10.1002/psp.2677