Canada has long relied on women from poorer countries to fill gaps in its paid care market. Yet little is known about the upward or downward trajectories of immigrant women who arrive intending to work in lower status jobs in care. Using a unique administrative dataset (the Longitudinal Immigration Database), the author estimates a series of growth curve models of employment income for 220,265 non-professional

Maternal age is one of the strongest predictors of infant mortality. Despite the relatively high prevalence of childbearing at younger and advanced ages and high infant mortality rates in India, systematic studies on the relationship between these variables are lacking. This study fills this gap by analyzing the data obtained from 2015-16 India’s National Family Health Survey. The analysis is based

This study examines ethnic differences in the age at first sexual intercourse in Ghana. Analysing data from Ghana’s 2014 Demographic and Health Survey, we use ordinary least squares (OLS) regression to examine how ethnicity is associated with the age at sexual debut, net of socio-economic and demographic characteristics. The results show that the patrilineal Mande, Grusi and Mole-Dagbani ethnic groups

Since the early 1990s, persistently low fertility in Mediterranean countries has attracted the interest of empirical research aimed at identifying factors associated with demographic change in what were traditionally high-fertility contexts. Most of these studies have been carried out at the national scale, while spatial analyses of sub-national patterns remain mostly absent. The present study aims

Single parents and seniors are believed to encounter more food insecurity due to a complex web of disadvantages and discrimination. We carried out a community-based cross-sectional survey of single parents and seniors in an urban population to explore the level of nutritional awareness, household meal practices, challenges, and their coping strategies. The survey questionnaire was adapted from the

This study examined the relationship between perceived age discrimination and subjective well-being in middle and later life in a Canadian context. Data were drawn from the 2013 Canadian General Social Survey Public Use Microdata File (N = 15,759 aged 45 and older). Ordered logit regression analyses addressed the main and interactive effects of age and perceived age discrimination on self-reported

Early population projections described future changes in total population and could foresee unsustainable population growth. Age-specific population projections could identify trends in population ageing and demographic dividends, and they have been widely used in recent decades owing to the efforts of collecting and estimating demographic data by age. In recent years, data are becoming available to

We use the 2001 and 2006 Canadian Census to study sex ratios at second birth among South Asian migrants, conditional on both the spacing between the first two children and the gender of the first-born. We find that South Asian women have an abnormally high share of boys after a first-born girl. Their sex ratio at birth is particularly skewed when the time span between the first two births is short

Small cities across North America are experiencing rapid changes, but methodological obstacles hamper researchers’ ability to analyze them. This research note explores some of the methodological challenges faced by researchers and offers solutions. Using Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, as a case study, we show that a major challenge lies in choosing meaningful geographic units for small city neighborhoods;

The Canadian parental leave policy has evolved over the last 50 years to provide more flexibility and meet the changing needs of families. In December of 2017, the federal government announced an extension of parental leave from a maximum length of 35 to 61 weeks. However, the Employment Insurance (EI) total payment will remain the same, just spread over 61 weeks. Structured interviews with 46 Canadian

First Nations women and men migrate off (and on) First Nations reserves at different rates and at different ages, and these differential flows may result in gender imbalances on reserves. We document significant gender imbalances in favor of men and show that nearly 50% of First Nations reserves have male-female gender ratios greater than 1.5 compared with only 5% of non-reserve communities. Divergence

Despite a long history, the Civil Registration System (CRS) in Iraq had never been the subject of a formal evaluation prior to 2012 when, in compliance with a request by the World Health Organization, this study was conducted. Stakeholders from different national agencies met on December 16–17, 2012, and used the WHO’s Rapid Assessment (RA) tool to identify areas that require improvement and prioritize

Being a member of a Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) family includes frequent geographic relocations, which may affect the use of mental health and addictions (MHA) services. This was a retrospective cohort study to examine intra-provincial variation in MHA services among CAF children, youth, and spouses posted across the province of Ontario using administrative datasets. Our sample included 5478 CAF children

In this research note, we review available concepts and statistics for Indigenous families and households. We show how there is currently a knowledge gap concerning the composition of Indigenous households and their evolution over time, which is essential to improve our understanding of their social organization and its relationship to well-being, and thus to develop appropriate policies.

Using retrospective biographical data from the 2011 GSS, we examine regional variations in multiple-partner fertility in Canada. We document its prevalence across regions from both a cross-sectional and a longitudinal perspective. Furthermore, we analyse regional disparities in the family trajectories that lead to multiple-partner fertility (MPF), focusing on the conditions surrounding the first birth

An estimated 17% of the Canadian labor force engage in complex/extended employment-related geographical mobility ranging from extended daily commutes to regional, interprovincial and international mobility. The opportunities and challenges of particular types of mobility for family lives have been studied most often in isolation (i.e. daily commutes, fly-in/fly-out or international migration), and

Due to an unfortunate turn of events this article was published without the below information which as such should be regarded as part of the article by the reader.

This paper examines three key changes in the divorced population in Canada. First, we document rapid growth in both the percentage and number of currently divorced (and un-partnered) adults in Canada. We focus on divorced adults without a new live-in partner on which to rely, because these adults do not enjoy the economic advantages associated with cost-sharing and economies of scale that are afforded

Living alone is very common among older Canadians, where 25.8% of adults 65 and above lived alone in 2016. The rise of living alone around the world has prompted debate about whether solo living has negative implications for older adults’ well-being, health, and social integration. We contribute to this debate by examining whether older adults living alone have different patterns of time use and subjective

We combined administrative data on shelter stays from Calgary (2008–2014) and Toronto (2011–2015) with census metropolitan area population estimates publicly available from Statistics Canada to compute incidence of shelter use per 1000 person-years in these two cities. We found that Calgary faces a higher overall risk of shelter use than Toronto (3.58 versus 1.18 per 1000 person-years), and that risk

Parallel to Spain’s economic recovery (2015–2017), there has been an increase in the return of skilled young adults who left the country in the years of the crisis. In this post-crisis stage, the dilemma of returning offers the perspective of a liquid migration, a process that is closely linked to legal labor migration, temporariness, and transnational circuits, nuanced by political activism and complex

The continuous rise in the immigrant population in Canada makes it increasingly important to monitor immigrant settlement outcome, including that of health. This paper reviews the immigrant health data development based on the wealth of information captured by different waves of population-based datasets, many of which housed at Statistics Canada, to conduct increasingly innovative studies of immigrant

Using data from the 2011 National Household Survey 5-year migration question, we examined the migration of First Nations, Inuit and Métis between communities. Migration into and out of First Nations Reserves, small urban and rural areas, and Census metropolitan areas was estimated, as was migration into and out of Inuit Nunangat. We found that 5-year migration rates decreased in 2011 compared to previous

There is an increasing recognition of the value of linked administrative data sets for applied demographic and health research. We use a prospective population-based cohort approach to take advantage of the 2006 Canadian Census data linked to 3 years of hospital records in order to investigate the social determinants of diabetes hospitalizations. We offer compelling evidence of the social gradient

Low birth weight is one of the strongest predictors of infant mortality, especially in the neonatal period. In this paper, we use data from the 2015–2016 India’s National Family Health Survey to examine the effect of mother’s assessment of child’s body size at birth on four measures of mortality: infant mortality, neonatal mortality, post-neonatal mortality, and child mortality. Using the Cox proportional

A method is presented for estimating the “underlying” infant mortality rates for areas with small populations, described and illustrated in a case study that estimates infant mortality rates for 66 of 89 local health areas in British Columbia where reported births were less than 649 in 2011, including 38 reporting zero infant deaths. The method generates non-zero infant mortality rates for all 66 districts

In recent years, discussions on how to capture a demographic dividend (DD) have come to dominate the debate on international development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The model is that of the East-Asian countries that benefitted from a DD at the end of the twentieth century. Nowadays, the goal is to replicate a similar process in SSA. For this to happen, however, SSA countries will need to implement

Age-specific fertility distribution of India is skewed and thus deviates from the classical bell-shaped (normal) curve which is evident in fertility data from the developed countries. In the present paper, empirical analysis based on NFHS-3 (2005–06) data is undertaken to propose a new fertility model in order to portray prevalent patterns of single-year age-specific fertility in India. Fertility behaviour

This study seeks to update the findings of Martin and Wu in 2000 by examining current trends, patterns, and determinants of contraceptive use among Canadian women by using data from Statistics Canada’s 2001 and 2011 General Social Surveys. Using mostly bivariate statistics, along with multivariate logistic regressions, the study finds significant relationships between contraceptive use and socioeconomic

This paper presents the results of literacy proficiency projections using a microsimulation model that simultaneously projects future demographic, ethnocultural, and socioeconomic characteristics of the Canadian population. Factors linked with literacy skills of the working-age population are analyzed for both native- and foreign-born Canadians. The projection results show that literacy skills are

Edited by Andre Grow and Jan Van Bavel Springer International Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-3-319-32281-0 Hardcover, $159.99 US, eBook, $119 US, 513 pp.

Antecedents of Censuses from Medieval to Nation States: How Societies and States Count Rebecca Jean Emigh, Dylan Riley, and Patricia Ahmed New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. ISBN 978-1-137-48502-1 (also available in E-PUB) DOI: 10.1057/9781137485038 Hardcover $US110, 266 pp. + Changes in Censuses from Imperialist to Welfare States: How Societies and States Count Rebecca Jean Emigh, Dylan Riley, and

Claude Diebolt and Faustine Perrin Population Economics Series, Cham, CH: Springer, 2017. XVIII-176 pp. ISBN 978-3-319-44650-9. Hardcover: USD 129.00

by Jay Winter and Michael Teitelbaum New haven and London: Yale University Press 2013 ISBN: 978-0-300-13906-8, Hardcover $60.0, 336 pp.

by Andreas Bergh, Therese Nilsson and Daniel Waldenstrom Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, US: Edward Elgar 2016 ISBN 978-1-78536-420-4 Hardcover, $99.95, 168 pp.

Edited by Felicity Thomas Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2016. $229.50.

by Eric Fong and Brent Berry Cambridge (UK): Polity Press, 2017 ISBN 978-0-7456-9002-5 Softcover $????, 162pp.

Book Review: Bronstein, Janet M. 2016. Springer International Publishing. Switzerland. $179.00 (Hardcover).

This paper discusses the experience of the Scandinavian countries with respect to register-based census (RBC), outlining important enabling features that facilitated this type of accounting system in Scandinavia. The central question examined is whether RBC is possible in the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) as they proceed toward the 2020 round of census. The secondary question is whether, for the

Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling, 4th edition Rex B. Kline New York: The Guilford Press 2016 ISBN 978-1-4625-2334-4 Softcover, US$65, 534 pp. Kline’s fourth edition is reasonably strong but improvable. The text aims to introduce newcomers to fundamental structural equation modeling (SEM) principles, but tends to confuse “Principles” with “Rules.” Rules having insufficient grounding

Edited by Roberta Pace and Roberto Ham-Chande New York: Springer, 2016 ISBN 978-3-31932707-5 Hardcover, US$99.99, 184 pages Edited by Roberta Pace and Roberto Ham-Chande New York: Springer, 2016 ISBN 978-3-31932707-5 Hardcover, US$99.99, 184 pages

Arnaud Regnier-Loilier, Editor Springer, 2017, INED Population Studies 7, (also available as an e-book) Translation of “Parcours de Familles, L’enquete Etude des relations familiales et intergenerationnelles «, Coll. Grandes enquetes, by INED in 2016. ISBN 978i-3-319-56000-7

By Michaela Kreyenfeld and Dirk Konietzka Series Demographic Research Monographs Partially translated from Ein Leben ohne Kinder, Springer, 2013 Hardcover US$59.99 978-3-319-44665-3

by Thomas K. BurchDemographic Research MonographsDordrecht: Springer, 2018ISBN 978-3-319-65432-4. Softcover C$24.99, 200 pp.e-book DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-65433-1

by Thomas K. Burch Demographic Research Monographs. Dordrecht: Springer, 2018. ISBN 978-3-319-65432-4. Softcover C$24.99, 200 pp. e-book DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-65433-1

Edited by Tony Champion and Jane FalkinghamLondon and New York: Rowman and Littlefield International, 2016

As rates of population and labour force growth slow in Canada, the country faces important challenges in promoting economic growth and sustaining prosperity. Among the most important public issues are increasing labour force participation rates among groups with low or declining rates of work and reforming education to better prepare graduates for the jobs of the new economy. At the same time, Canada

by Jessica Vasquez-TokosNew York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2017ISBN 978-0087154-868-9Softcover, $35, 388 pp.

By Dudley L. Poston, Jr, Leon F. BouvierNew York: Cambridge University Press, 2017ISBN 1107042674, 9781107042674, 532 pages

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In “Imagining Canada’s Future” the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) engaged various stakeholders to help establish six Future Challenge Areas. This report elaborates on the capacity of the Canadian research community with regard to the Future Challenge Area on “What might the implications of global peak population be for Canada?” It provides answers to sub-questions associated

by Caroline B. Brettel Cambridge: Polity Press, 2016 ISBN 978-0-7456-8789-6 Hardcover $77.95, 248 pp.

Maximum Canada: Why 35 Million Canadians Are Not Enoughby Doug SaundersToronto: Alfred A. Knopf CanadaISBN 978-00-7352-7309-2; e-ISBN 978-0-7352-7311-5CA$27.95, 249 pages

edited by Vinod Kumar Springer (India) Pvt. Ltd., 2017 ISBN 978-81-322-3686-3 Hardcover $55, 655 pp.

Review of Doug Saunders, Maximum Canada: Why 35 million Canadians are not enough. Knopf Canada, 2017

I often hear people say they are going to increase the size of their batteries by replacing their Group 24 batteries with Group 27s. Unfortunately they are under a misconception that group size and battery capacity are related. Group Number: Standards for automotive and marine batteries are set by the Battery Council International (BCI). They have defined Group Number for various batteries. The group

This paper proposes a theoretical examination of how taking a life cycle perspective can provide a better assessment of Canadian public policies in the context of population peaking. It links the changing life cycle patterns brought by the increase in the age of entry into the different phases of life and the increase in life expectancy to emerging issues related to population peaking such as the recruitment

The author argues that the well-being of families in Canada’s future is uncertain because families are losing the central position that was traditionally theirs. Most of the changes that occurred in and around families over the last third of the 20th century came from changes in values (from survival to personal development, from collectivity-oriented to individual-oriented), in gender relations (rising

Population growth, at both the national and global level, will most certainly impact Canada’s climate, and, more broadly, its environment. While Canada’s population has been projected to continue to grow for many decades, what happens elsewhere in terms of population growth will be particularly important to Canada. Although greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in Canada have levelled off somewhat over the