Health Reports Statistics Canada Canadian Centre For Health Information Rapports Sur La Sante Statistique Canada Centre Canadien D Information Sur La Sante, Feb 1, 2003
OBJECTIVES: This study examines the association of neighbourhood low income and income inequality... more OBJECTIVES: This study examines the association of neighbourhood low income and income inequality with individual health outcomes in Toronto, Canada's largest census metropolitan area.DATA SOURCES: The data are from the cross-sectional component of Statistics Canada's 1996/97 National Population Health Survey (NPHS) and the 1996 Census of Population.ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES: Individual records for Toronto residents aged 12 or older who responded to the 1996/97 NPHS were augmented with aggregated data from the 1996 Census to provide information on the average socio-economic characteristics of the respondents' neighbourhoods. Hierarchical linear models were used to estimate the effect of low income and income inequality at the neighbourhood level on selected health outcomes.MAIN RESULTS: When individual low-income status and several other individual characteristics were taken into account, the neighbourhood low-income rate and income inequality were not associated with individuals' reported number of chronic conditions or distress. However, both low income and income inequality at the neighbourhood level remained significantly associated with poor self-perceived health.
ABSTRACT While black-white intermarriage is uncommon in the USA, blacks in Canada are just as lik... more ABSTRACT While black-white intermarriage is uncommon in the USA, blacks in Canada are just as likely to marry whites as to marry blacks. Asians, in contrast, are more likely to marry whites in the USA than in Canada. We test the claim that high rates of interracial marriage are indicative of high levels of social integration against Peter Blau's ‘macrostructural’ thesis that relative group size is the key to explaining differences in intermarriage rates across marriage markets. Using micro-data drawn from the American Community Survey and the Canadian census, we demonstrate that the relative size of racial groups accounts for over two-thirds of the USA-Canada difference in black-white unions and largely explains the cross-country difference in Asian-white unions. Under broadly similar social and economic conditions, a large enough difference in relative group size can become the predominant determinant of group differences in the prevalence of interracial unions.
... program. Many thanks to Richard Alba, Eric Fong, Mike Haan, David Hulchanski, John Logan, Bil... more ... program. Many thanks to Richard Alba, Eric Fong, Mike Haan, David Hulchanski, John Logan, Bill Michelson, Jill Quadagno, Jeff Reitz, Janet Salaff and three anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions. ...
Les taux d'emploi et les gains des meres seules ont augmente sensiblement apres 1980 et, en ... more Les taux d'emploi et les gains des meres seules ont augmente sensiblement apres 1980 et, en 2000, les taux de faible revenu etaient descendus a de nouveaux creux record. Contrairement au cas des meres mariees, chez les meres seules la plus grande partie des hausses etait attribuable a la dynamique de la variation de la population et du remplacement des cohortes au fur et a mesure de l'entree dans la quarantaine de la generation du baby boom, nombreuse et plus instruite. En outre, la plupart de ces hausses ont ete enregistrees par les meres seules plus agees. Les hausses attribuables a des facteurs demographiques qu'ont connu les meres seules au cours des 25 dernieres annees constituent un evenement historique dont il est peu probable qu'il se reproduise a l'avenir. Etant donne que les facteurs demographiques qui sous-tendent ces progres atteignent maintenant leur point culminant, les hausses qui leur seront attribuables a l'avenir seront vraisemblablement modestes.
Health Reports Statistics Canada Canadian Centre For Health Information Rapports Sur La Sante Statistique Canada Centre Canadien D Information Sur La Sante, Feb 1, 2003
OBJECTIVES: This study examines the association of neighbourhood low income and income inequality... more OBJECTIVES: This study examines the association of neighbourhood low income and income inequality with individual health outcomes in Toronto, Canada's largest census metropolitan area.DATA SOURCES: The data are from the cross-sectional component of Statistics Canada's 1996/97 National Population Health Survey (NPHS) and the 1996 Census of Population.ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES: Individual records for Toronto residents aged 12 or older who responded to the 1996/97 NPHS were augmented with aggregated data from the 1996 Census to provide information on the average socio-economic characteristics of the respondents' neighbourhoods. Hierarchical linear models were used to estimate the effect of low income and income inequality at the neighbourhood level on selected health outcomes.MAIN RESULTS: When individual low-income status and several other individual characteristics were taken into account, the neighbourhood low-income rate and income inequality were not associated with individuals' reported number of chronic conditions or distress. However, both low income and income inequality at the neighbourhood level remained significantly associated with poor self-perceived health.
ABSTRACT While black-white intermarriage is uncommon in the USA, blacks in Canada are just as lik... more ABSTRACT While black-white intermarriage is uncommon in the USA, blacks in Canada are just as likely to marry whites as to marry blacks. Asians, in contrast, are more likely to marry whites in the USA than in Canada. We test the claim that high rates of interracial marriage are indicative of high levels of social integration against Peter Blau's ‘macrostructural’ thesis that relative group size is the key to explaining differences in intermarriage rates across marriage markets. Using micro-data drawn from the American Community Survey and the Canadian census, we demonstrate that the relative size of racial groups accounts for over two-thirds of the USA-Canada difference in black-white unions and largely explains the cross-country difference in Asian-white unions. Under broadly similar social and economic conditions, a large enough difference in relative group size can become the predominant determinant of group differences in the prevalence of interracial unions.
... program. Many thanks to Richard Alba, Eric Fong, Mike Haan, David Hulchanski, John Logan, Bil... more ... program. Many thanks to Richard Alba, Eric Fong, Mike Haan, David Hulchanski, John Logan, Bill Michelson, Jill Quadagno, Jeff Reitz, Janet Salaff and three anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions. ...
Les taux d'emploi et les gains des meres seules ont augmente sensiblement apres 1980 et, en ... more Les taux d'emploi et les gains des meres seules ont augmente sensiblement apres 1980 et, en 2000, les taux de faible revenu etaient descendus a de nouveaux creux record. Contrairement au cas des meres mariees, chez les meres seules la plus grande partie des hausses etait attribuable a la dynamique de la variation de la population et du remplacement des cohortes au fur et a mesure de l'entree dans la quarantaine de la generation du baby boom, nombreuse et plus instruite. En outre, la plupart de ces hausses ont ete enregistrees par les meres seules plus agees. Les hausses attribuables a des facteurs demographiques qu'ont connu les meres seules au cours des 25 dernieres annees constituent un evenement historique dont il est peu probable qu'il se reproduise a l'avenir. Etant donne que les facteurs demographiques qui sous-tendent ces progres atteignent maintenant leur point culminant, les hausses qui leur seront attribuables a l'avenir seront vraisemblablement modestes.
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