La fécondité des immigrantes établies au Canada entre 2000 et 2014 : une analyse longitudinale par catégorie d’admission
The Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD) allows us to analyze the link between the immigration category and the fertility trajectory after admission. This analysis focuses exclusively on the fertility of immigrant women admitted as permanent residents between the ages of 15 and 44 in Canada. Cox’s non-parametric models enable us to observe how women’s pre-migration characteristics and the socioeconomic integration affect the relative risks related to having a first and a second child after the attainment of permanent resident status in Canada. We use Kaplan-Meier curves and mean calculations to show the pace of post-migratory fertility. In general, we assessed the link between the fertility of immigrant women and the shift to economic immigration in Canada with the adoption of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The results show that the admission category is a very good predictor of fertility. Immigrant women in the economic class are less likely to give birth in Canada than family immigrants or refugees (those who are not admitted through an economic integration potential assessment). Other individual characteristics, such as age, cohort of admission and region of origin, also affect the probability of an immigrant giving birth in Canada.
Canada Immigration policy Admission category Fertility Longitudinal analysis Administrative data