ABSTRACT
Concerned about the possible consequences of high urban growth, demographers and policy makers have had a long-standing interest in determining the magnitude of migration and the extent and impact of migrant fertility. Using Thai and Malaysian data, Sidney Goldstein found that processes of selection, adaptation, and disruption generally lower rural-urban migrant fertility relative to rural places of origin and often relative to urban areas of destination. This chapter focuses on Goldstein’s work by investigating the relationship between migration and the use of contraception and service point use in Indonesia. Elements of both the demand for contraceptive methods and their supply are relevant to an exploration of migrant choices. Indonesia’s increasing rates of urban growth and urbanward migration also indicate that the country is going through a mobility transition. Contraceptive use is characterized by a continuum running from relatively high adoption by urban-urban migrants to relatively low adoption by rural nonmigrants.
