title: Mexican immigrants shape California's fertility future.
abstract: The author examines fertility trends among immigrants in California.  "Women born in Mexico accounted for well over half (61 percent) of all Hispanic women giving birth and more than one-fourth (27 percent) of all California births in 1992." Implications for the future are considered.
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005298:Fertility; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D007843:Latin America; D008800:Mexico; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Differential Fertility; Ethnic Groups; Fertility; Hispanics; Immigrants; Latin America; Mexico; Migrants; Migration; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; United States