TY - JOUR N2 - This study analyses and compares the fertility behaviour and childbearing plans of Polish migrant fam-ilies in Ireland and those of their counterparts – families in Poland. The study has a comparative and explanatory character and applies both quantitative and qualitative methods. The analysis is based on the author’s own data collected from an online survey of Polish family units in Ireland in 2014 and compared with secondary data on families in Poland retrieved from the 2011 Gender and Generation Survey (GGS). My research reveals fertility postponement and fewer families with children among mi-grant families; nonetheless, migrant parents have more children than their counterparts in Poland. The results highlight the significance of socio-economic and institutional contexts. The study also reveals a dichotomisation of fertility strategies within the migrant population, with distinct differences in the number of children, transition age to parenthood, and further fertility intentions between migrants who became parents in Poland and those who did so after the move. The results also provide insights into the childbearing motivations and fertility patterns of recent Polish migrants and contribute to the dis-cussion of migrants’ fertility in general. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/117589/PDF/Klimek.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/117589 PY - 2017 IS - No 2 EP - 30 KW - Polish migration KW - family migration KW - fertility KW - migrant fertility KW - childbearing plans A1 - Klimek, Łukasz PB - Polska Akademia Nauk, Ośrodek Badań nad Migracjami UW VL - vol. 6 DA - 2017 T1 - Migration and Fertility. Polish Migrant Families in Ireland and Non-Migrant Families in Poland: A Comparison of Fertility Plans and Behaviour SP - 5 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/117589 T2 - Central and Eastern European Migration Review ER -