NATIONAL ORIGIN AND FAMILY TRAJECTORIES BEFORE AND AFTER MIGRATION TO QUEBEC

Houlio St-Preux, Université de Montréal
Solène Lardoux, Université de Montréal
Vissého Adjiwanou, Université Du Québec à Montréal

Immigrant family trajectories have been the subject of several studies examining the relationship between the timing of migration and the occurrence of certain life-course events such as births, union formation or dissolution (Kulu and González-Ferrer 2014; Castro Torres, 2022; Kraus 2019). In Quebec, most existing studies analyze a single domain of family formation among first-generation immigrants and are unanimous in recognizing that the transition to first birth among first generation immigrants varies by region of birth (Adsera and Ferrer 2016; Street, 2015). Using data from the 2020 survey on individual trajectories of participation in Quebec (TRAJIPAQ), this study aims to better understand the relationship between national origin of birth and family trajectories before and after migration to Quebec. The hypotheses of disruption and interrelation of events are retained as a theoretical frame of reference (Kraus 2019). Sequence analysis of 801 individuals, including 424 women and 377 men, reveals four distinct typologies of family trajectories among first-generation immigrants in Quebec: stable union without children, postponement of union and births after migration, dissolution of union before migration and family formation after settlement and remaining single without children. These typologies show significant differences according to the immigrants' regions of origin at the 5% threshold.

Keywords: Families, Unions and Households, Fertility, Internal Migration and Urbanization

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