Yusuf F, Siedlecky S
School of Economic and Financial Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
J Biosoc Sci. 1996 Jan;28(1):89-99. doi: 10.1017/s0021932000022112.
A demographic survey among a probability sample of 980 married migrant women was carried out in Sydney in 1988. The sample included 507 Lebanese, 250 Turkish and 223 Vietnamese women. The study revealed differences in family formation patterns within and between the three groups and between them and the general population. Family size had declined among all three groups compared with their family of origin, and it was clear that the younger women would not achieve the same family sizes as the older women. Migrant women tended to marry earlier than the general population and to start their families earlier. While they showed a strong preference for their children to marry within their own ethnic and religious group, nearly one-third said it was up to the choice of the individual. Overall, the future family size of younger migrant women is expected to converge towards the Australian norm. Migrant families are in a state of transition between two cultures which needs to be recognised by health and family planning service providers.
1988年，在悉尼对980名已婚移民女性的概率样本进行了一项人口统计调查。样本包括507名黎巴嫩女性、250名土耳其女性和223名越南女性。研究揭示了这三组内部、三组之间以及她们与普通人群在家庭形成模式上的差异。与她们的原生家庭相比，所有三组的家庭规模都有所下降，而且很明显，年轻女性的家庭规模不会达到年长女性那样。移民女性往往比普通人群结婚更早，组建家庭也更早。虽然她们强烈倾向于让自己的孩子在自己的族裔和宗教群体内结婚，但近三分之一的人表示这取决于个人选择。总体而言，预计年轻移民女性未来的家庭规模将趋向于澳大利亚的标准。移民家庭正处于两种文化之间的过渡状态，这需要健康和计划生育服务提供者予以认识。
