The role of the personal ideal family size for international migrants has rarely been studied in the current debate on fertility and migration in the European context. It is not known to which extent the reduction of fertility observed among immigrants who settle in a country where fertility is lower than in their country of origin is the result of a change in fertility norms among those immigrants. The study of migrants’ ideals family size has the potential to shed light on fertility norms without the interference of economic conditions and migration-related disruptive phenomena. Due to the complexity of its migration context, Italy is an interesting destination country for studying changes in migrants’ ideal family sizes. This paper uses data from the survey of the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) on immigrant families conducted in 2011-12. We compare the personal ideal family size of women of reproductive age with the prevalent norm in their country of origin, applying a multinomial logistic regression analysis. Results show that the country of origin has an important role in the determination of immigrants’ ideal family sizes. Women from countries where large families are the ideal are more likely to show a lower personal ideal family size compared to their non-migrant co-nationals, while women from countries where two children are considered ideal mostly share the same norm. The occurrence of fertility preferences expressed in a non-numeric form (e.g. “Up to God”) changes between women with different countries of origin. This study confirms that conformity with the ideal of the country of origin is more likely among women who migrated as adults. At the same time, the number of years spent in the destination country is not significantly associated with a shift away from the norms prevalent in the country of origin. Finally, female empowerment and gender equity show their effects mainly on the reduction of non-numeric responses. *             This article belongs to a special issue on migrant fertility.

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与原产国相同的生育理想？意大利移民女性个人理想家庭规模研究

在当前关于欧洲背景下的生育率和移民问题的辩论中，国际移民的个人理想家庭规模的作用很少被研究。目前尚不清楚在生育率低于原籍国的国家定居的移民中观察到的生育率下降在多大程度上是这些移民生育标准发生变化的结果。对移民理想家庭规模的研究有可能在不受经济条件和移民相关破坏性现象干扰的情况下阐明生育规范。由于其移民背景的复杂性，意大利是研究移民理想家庭规模变化的一个有趣的目的地国。本文使用了意大利国家统计局 (ISTAT) 在 2011-12 年对移民家庭进行的调查数据。我们应用多项逻辑回归分析，将育龄妇女的个人理想家庭规模与其原籍国的普遍标准进行比较。结果表明，原籍国对移民理想家庭规模的确定具有重要作用。与非移民同胞相比，来自以大家庭为理想国家的女性更有可能表现出较低的个人理想家庭规模，而来自被认为有两个孩子的国家的女性大多具有相同的标准。以非数字形式（例如“Up to God”）表达的生育偏好在不同原籍国的妇女之间发生变化。这项研究证实，成年后移徙的女性更有可能符合原籍国的理想。同时，在目的地国度过的年数与偏离原籍国普遍规范的变化没有显着相关性。最后，女性赋权和性别平等主要表现在减少非数字反应方面的影响。* 本文属于流动人口生育特刊。赋予女性权力和两性平等主要体现在减少非数字反应方面的影响。* 本文属于流动人口生育特刊。赋予女性权力和两性平等主要体现在减少非数字反应方面的影响。* 本文属于流动人口生育特刊。