The Children of Immigrants in France: The emergence of a second generation
Innocenti Working Papers 2009-13
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Author(s)
- Brinbaum, Yaël;
- Kirszbaum, Thomas;
- Simon, Patrick;
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Contributor(s)
- Gezer, Esin;
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Date of Publication
- 2009
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Pages
- 64
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ISBN
- 1014-7837
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IRC Stock Number
- 578U
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Publication Cost
- free
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Language
- English
Description
Special Series on the Situation of Children in Immigrant Families in Affluent SocietiesIn 2005, 4.9 million immigrants were residing in metropolitan France. This was 8.1 per cent of the population. Children of immigrants represent close to one fifth of all children. Children with at least one parent from Algeria, Morocco, or Tunisia make up almost 40 per cent of these children, and children of sub-Saharan African origin make up one eighth. Of the 3.5 million foreigners living in France in 2004, 450,000 were children aged 0-17 whose parents were foreign born.
