Ethnic Demography: Canadian Immigrant, Racial and Cultural Variations 9780773582286

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Table of contents :
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Contributors
Table Of Contents
Preface
1. The Social Demography of Ethnic Groups
2. Ethnic Origins in the Canadian Census. 1871-1986
I. FERTILITY, MORTALITY AND MIGRATION
3. The Demography of Aboriginal People in Canada
4. The Fertility of Ethnic Groups
5. Ethnicity and Geographic Mobility
6. Immigrant Mortality Trends and Differentials
7. The Evolution of Immigrant Cohorts
8. "New Wave" Immigrants: Origins and Characteristics
II. DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES AND ETHNIC COHESION
9. Ethnic Language Maintenance and Shift
10. Ethno-Religious Identity and Acculturation
11. Family Structure and Ethnicity
12. Intermarriage Among Ethnic Groups
13. Variations in Aging and Ethnicity
14. The Aging of Ethnic Groups in Quebec
III. IMMIGRANT SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
15. Immigrant Women: Language and Socioeconomic Inequalities and Policy Issues
16. Occupational Composition of Immigrant Women
17. Ethnic, Marital and Economic Status of Women
18. Immigrant Women in the Clothing Industry
19. The Income of Caribbean Immigrants in Canada
IV. THE MULTIETHNIC CHALLENGE FOR DEMOGRAPHERS
20. Third World Immigration and Multiculturalism
21. Ethnic Residential Segregation in Metropolitan Canada
22. The Emergence of Multiethnicities in the Eighties
Appendix A: Instructions and Questions for Ethnic Origin Data, 1871-1986
Appendix B: Selected Ethnic Origin Data for 1981 and 1986
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