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The Tokelau Island Migrant Study: Fertility and Associated Factors before Migration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

J. M. Stanhope  and
I. A. M. Prior
J. M. Stanhope
Affiliation:
Wellington Hospital Epidemiology Unit, Wellington, New Zealand
I. A. M. Prior
Affiliation:
Wellington Hospital Epidemiology Unit, Wellington, New Zealand
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Summary

The Tokelau Island Migrant Study is outlined. It is a multi-disciplinary study of health and social change in the Tokelau islanders, following up emigrants to New Zealand (NZ). In this paper fertility and related aspects are examined, comparing pre-migrants (persons subsequently known to have emigrated to NZ) with non-migrants. Pre-migrant females tended to be younger, to marry later, to be less often childless and to have suffered more miscarriages, than non-migrants. Tokelau parity lagged behind other Polynesian populations due to later marriages, and reached a level below that of the more westernized Rarotongans and NZ Maoris.

Tokelau life expectancy was estimated to be 62·2–62·6 years for males and 62·9–66·4 years for females.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 1977 , pp. 1 - 11
Copyright
Copyright © 1977, Cambridge University Press

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