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Abstract The present paper analyzes fertility of Cuban women living in the USA, in the period 2005-2009, as to the level and structure of this variable. Similarly, it compares such indicator among women born in the USA and other non-Cuban foreigners in that country, and the Cuban women living in Cuba in the same period of time. The analysis is carried out dividing the population as to their places of residence, classified in two groups: Florida –with over 75 % of Cubans living in US– and the rest of the country. Considering those theories attempting to describe and explain immigrants’ reproductive behavior, the present article took into account three variables to assess the different peculiarities of immigrants´ fertility: time of residence in the USA, language spoken (Spanish or English) and life cycle of migration (before or after entering the reproductive period). To such aim, American Community Survey (ACS) was used, analyzing the stage between 2005 and 2009, available in Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) website. Results indicate that, in the analyzed period, fertility of Cuban women in the US is slightly higher, in terms of level, and older, in terms of structure, than Cuban women living in Cuba. On the other hand, as for destiny, similarities are greater in relation with those born in the US, than with the rest of the non-Cuban foreigners in that country

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