CITYWARD MIGRATION AND URBAN FERTILITY IN THE PHILIPPINES

Studies of fertility differentials between native urbanites and rural migrants in developed countries usually show that the latter have higher fertility. That differentials of the same type are not necessarily found in a less developed country like the Philipines is demonstrated by a comparison of f...

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Published in:Philippine sociological review 1971-07, Vol.19 (3/4), p.183-192
Main Author: HENDERSHOT, GERRY E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
Cities
Female fertility
Fertility
Migrant communities
Migration
Philippine/Philippines
Respect
Ru/Ur (see also Rural, Urban)
Rural populations
Social mobility
Urban (see also Ru/Ur)
Urban life
Urban populations
Workforce
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Summary:Studies of fertility differentials between native urbanites and rural migrants in developed countries usually show that the latter have higher fertility. That differentials of the same type are not necessarily found in a less developed country like the Philipines is demonstrated by a comparison of fertility levels of rural migrants originating in north-western Luzon and in Panay Island with those of native Manileños. A partial explanation of the relatively low fertility of Manila in-migrants is provided by the social-mobility theory which states that cityward migration is selective of persons with high-mobility aspirations and that migrants tend to participate in urban life — and consequently are exposed to its fertility-reducing tendencies — as least as much as native urbanites. Discrepancies between native-migrant fertility differentials found in the Philippines and in developed countries are reconciled by a theory of stages in the urbanization process. Hendershot's Manila data are from a 1966 survey; his rural data were gathered in 1967.
ISSN:0031-7810