Table 2.
Maternal characteristics per residency status
| Irregular migrants, N (col %) | Residency, N (col %) | Irregular migrants’ origins (col %) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss residents | Regular migrants | Extra EU/EFTA | Africa | Latin America | Asia | Unknown | ||
| Parity | ||||||||
| One | 15,384 (55.43) | 330,160 (47) | 146,215 (50.31) | 67.71 | 60.57 | 60.94 | 64.67 | 64.16 |
| Two | 8,457 (30.47) | 261,254 (37.19) | 102,796 (35.37) | 24.24 | 27.95 | 29.56 | 25.56 | 24.46 |
| Three | 2,784 (10.03) | 85,070 (12.11) | 32,005 (11.01) | 6.34 | 8.45 | 7.77 | 7.10 | 7.65 |
| 4 + children | 1,130 (4.07) | 26,028 (3.71) | 9,618 (3.31) | 1.70 | 3.03 | 1.74 | 2.68 | 3.72 |
| Maternal civil status | ||||||||
| Married | 19,859 (71.55) | 552,722 (78.68) | 245,394 (84.43) | 51.68 | 68.32 | 64.90 | 75.40 | 29.34 |
| Not married | 7,896 (28.45) | 149,790 (21.32) | 45,240 (15.57) | 48.32 | 31.68 | 35.10 | 24.60 | 70.66 |
| Canton of childbirth | ||||||||
| Geneva | 3,351 (12.07) | 33,565 (4.78) | 27,051 (9.31) | 23.76 | 16.86 | 20.16 | 13.41 | 3.00 |
| Vaud | 2,225 (8.02) | 67,822 (9.65) | 38,542 (13.26) | 13.91 | 11.83 | 8.56 | 7.55 | 14.39 |
| Zurich | 4,105 (14.79) | 130,918 (18.64) | 58,500 (20.13) | 14.32 | 12.50 | 10.84 | 14.96 | 16.54 |
| Basel | 953 (3.43) | 26,669 (3.8) | 12,084 (4.16) | 4.05 | 3.03 | 2.96 | 3.41 | 1.29 |
| Bern | 3,748 (13.50) | 103,519 (14.74) | 27,495 (9.46) | 8.26 | 11.12 | 10.35 | 12.12 | 25.48 |
| Other cantons | 13,373 (48.18) | 340,019 (48.4) | 126,962 (43.68) | 35.70 | 44.65 | 47.13 | 48.55 | 39.30 |
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO) for its Vital Statistics (BEVNAT). EU European Union, EFTA European Free Trade Association, CH Switzerland, col % column percentage, N Number