1243 | 101 | The descendants of immigration in Spain: a portrait with the 2021 population census | Jordi Bayona-i-Carrasco & Andreu Domingo
In the 21st century, Spain has experienced two stages of strong international migratory growth, the first since the beginning of the century, which ended with the Great Recession, and a second during the years prior to Covid-19, which would continue to show high migratory inflows once the effects of the pandemic had been overcome. As a result, Spain has more than seven and a half million immigrants, representing 15.9% of the total population, with a high diversity of origins and uneven territorial distribution. As a result of the longevity of the flows, the volume of descendants, a population group whose main characteristics are as yet unknown, has also recently increased. Thanks to the recent publication of the 2021 Population Census and the associated survey ECEPOV (Survey of Essential Characteristics of the Population and Dwellings, ECEPOV-2021), where the place of origin of the parents is asked for the second time (also appeared in the 2011 Census), a new tool is available that allows us to know their socio-demographic characteristics. Thus, around 2.65 million people born in Spain have at least one parent born abroad, 6.5% of the population and more than 30% of children under three years of age. Given their growing importance, this paper will explore their main characteristics according to the origin of their parents (differentiating between those with both parents born outside Spain and those with one of them autochthonous) and place of residence, comparing for older ones their educational and employment profiles with the Spanish-born population of the same age.
Jordi Bayona-i-Carrasco & Andreu Domingo
Departament de Geografia (UB) and Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics/CED & Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics/CED
ID Abstract: 101