title: Migration, natality and fertility:  some Caribbean evidence.
abstract: "This research note explores the macrolevel impact of external migration on the demographic behavior of Caribbean islands.  The analysis provisionally argues that the massive mobility of Caribbean peoples in the postwar era--primarily of young, reproductive (especially female), working-age cohorts--has inversely affected natality and population growth in sending societies, and reversed these effects in receiving societies.  Results further suggest secondarily and quite indirectly that migration may also influence fertility patterns in similar directions through the impacts of age-sex imbalances on mating behavior and family formation."
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mcelroy
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: De Albuquerque
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D017691:Caribbean Region; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005298:Fertility; D008393:Marriage; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior
keywords: Age Factors; Americas; Caribbean; Demographic Factors; Demographic Impact; Destination; Developing Countries; Differential Fertility; Family And Household; Fertility--changes; International Migration; Marriage; Mate Selection; Migration; North America; Nuptiality; Origin; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Reproductive Behavior; Sex Factors