F Trovato
Biographic Data
| ID | 2389 |
|---|---|
| NAME | F Trovato |
| GIVEN NAMES | F |
| FAMILY NAME | Trovato |
| SIGNATURE | TROVATO F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4675-9923 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 43 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 138 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 43 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Unemployment, religious disintegration and suicide fluctuations in Alberta
This study looks at the relationship between unemployment, religious disintegration and suicide in Alberta during 1997-2015. Religious disintegration is operationalized as the percentage of population with no religious affiliation. Economic theory predicts suicides increase when unemployment rates are high and decline when unemployment rates are low. Sociological theory calls for suicides to vary inversely with the degree of religious integration…
The Immigrant Mortality Advantage in Canada, 2001 and 2011
Teen Religiosity and Fertility in Adulthood in a Canadian Prairie Province
This study examines the association of self-reported religiosity during one's teens with cumulative fertility in adulthood based on a representative sample of women in Alberta, a province in the prairie region of Canada. A significant association is found between these two variables. The association persists even after relevant controls have been taken into account in Poisson regression analysis. Women reporting a high degree of religiosity durin…
Sex Differences in Life Expectancy in Canada: Immigrant and Native-Born Populations
A growing body of research often indicates that immigrant populations in Western countries enjoy a lower level of mortality in relation to their native-born host populations. In this literature, sex differences in mortality are often reported but substantive analyses of the differences are generally lacking. The present investigation looks at sex differences in life expectancy with specific reference to immigrant and Canadian-born populations in …
From Divergence to Convergence: The Sex Differential in Life Expectancy in Canada, 1971–2000
Over the 20th century sex differences in life expectancy in the industrialized countries have widened in favour of women. Recently, a reversal in the long-term pattern of this differential has been noted in some countries. In Canada, between 1981 and 2000, this differential narrowed by almost two years. Greater than expected improvements in male death rates with respect to heart disease, lung cancer, accidents and violence (excluding suicide) exp…
A Varied Pattern of Change of the Sex Differential in Survival in the G7 Countries
Over the course of the 20th century the sex differential in life expectancy at birth in the industrialized countries has widened considerably in favour of women. Starting in the early 1970s, the beginning of a reversal in the long-term pattern of this differential has been noted in some high-income countries. This study documents a sustained pattern of narrowing of this measure into the later part of the 1990s for six of the populations that comp…
A divergent pattern of the sex difference in life expectancy: Sweden and Japan, early 1970s-late 1990s
For most of the 20th century the sex gap in life expectancy in the industrialized countries has widened in favor of women. By the early 1980s a reversal in the long-term pattern of this differential had occurred in some countries, where it reached a maximum and thereafter followed a declining trend. Of particular interest to the present investigation is the anomalous experience of Japan, where unlike other high-income countries the female advanta…
Aboriginal Mortality in Canada, the United States and New Zealand
Indigenous populations in New World nations share the common experience of culture contact with outsiders and a prolonged history of prejudice and discrimination. This historical reality continues to have profound effects on their well-being, as demonstrated by their relative disadvantages in socioeconomic status on the one hand, and in their delayed demographic and epidemiological transitions on the other. In this study one aspect of aboriginals…
Determinants of breastfeeding in the Philippines: A Survival Analysis
Canadian Indian mortality during the 1980s
This study concerns itself with an investigation of general and cause-specific mortality differentials between Canadian Registered Indians (a subset of all aboriginals) and the larger Canadian population over two points in time, 1981 and 1991. Multivariate analyses are executed separately across four segments of the life cycle: adulthood, infancy, early childhood and late childhood. With respect to adults, Indians share relatively high rates of s…
Nativity, Marital Status and Mortality in Canada
Dans cette étude prospective, j'examine les différences de mortalité par rapport à l'état civil chez sept groupes d'immigrants et les habitants nés au Canada. On croit que le lieu de naissance influe sur ce rapport par son association avec le choix de migration et avec la structure familiale. Puisque la migration choisit les individus en bonne santé, les immigrants devraient constituer une proportion saine de la population. Donc, le choix d'un ép…
Nativity, Marital Status and Mortality in Canada
Dans cette étude prospective, j'examine les différences de mortalité par rapport à létat civil chez sept groupes d'immigrants et les habitants nés au Canada. On croit que le lieu de naissance influe sur ce rapport par son association avec le choix de migration et avec la structure familiale. Puisque la migration choisit les individus en bonne santé, les immigrants devraient constituer une proportion saine de la population. Donc, le choix d'un épo…
Contribution of cause‐specific mortality to changing sex differences in life expectancy: Seven nations case study
During the last two decades some industrialized nations witnessed varying degrees of constriction in their sex gaps in overall life expectancy. We investigate this development by paying particular attention to the contributions of major causes of death to the change in the difference between 1970 and 1990. The analysis is based on the experiences of seven nations: Australia, United States, Sweden, England and Wales, Portugal, Hungary, and Japan. …
Discrimination and Chinese fertility in Canada
The study examines Chinese fertility in Canada in the context of minority-status and fertility. Chinese-Canadians are compared with British-Canadians, who are considered in this analysis as the majority group. The study is unique in three ways. First, we argue that discrimination brings a minority group not only psychological insecurity but also social-economic insecurity, which can be measured by Chinese husbands' economic status relative to the…
The Stanley Cup of Hockey and Suicide in Quebec, 1951-1992
Social integration theory would view the Stanley Cup of Hockey series as a ceremonial occasion capable of promoting a temporary drop in the incidence of suicide. This proposition is combined with a key postulate of routine activities theory — that people who share similar backgrounds, lifestyles, and interests are inclined to get together in social activities, including in this case watching playoff hockey. It is proposed that the social context …
Perspectives on Canada's Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues
This textbook intended primarily for students in undergraduate courses in population brings together 28 papers examining major issues and trends in Canadian demography. Beginning with a historical survey of population growth in Canada and around the world Part 1 draws attention to the interplay of demographic and social changes. The remaining sections focus on issues in six specific areas: the age and sex composition of Canadian society mortality…
Narrowing sex differentials in life expectancy in the industrialized world: Early 1970's to early 1990's
Between the early 1970's and 1990's, twelve industrialized nations experienced for the first time a narrowing of their sex differences in life expectancy at age zero. In another set of countries, the differential has not yet reached a stage of convergence, although in some of these nations the female advantage appears to be increasing at a slower pace than ever before. We discuss the demographic and epidemiologic conditions for this new and large…
Religious Disaffiliation and Divorce in Canada
This study uses the Durkheimian concepts of social regulation and integration to investigate the link between rising religious disaffiliation and family breakup in Canada during two points in time, 1971 and 1981. The empirical analysis consists of applying a log-rate model to the sex-specific divorce rate in 1971 and 1981, which includes the variable of religious disaffiliation plus age, unemployment and married female labour force participation …
The Role and Status of Women and the Timing of Marriage in Five Asian Countries
This study explores the relationship of women's role and status in society to their marriage timing in five non-industrial Asian countries (Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Malaysia). The role and status of women, conceptualized from acquired characteristics such as education and occupation before marriage, determines the largest degree of variance explained in ti ming of marriage. Even after socio-economic and ethno-religious variables…
The Quiet Revolution and the Sex Differential in Quebec's Suicide Rates: 1931-1986
In the context of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec during the late 1950s, this article devotes specific attention to the widening sex differential in suicide rates from 1931 to 1986. We reconceptualize sex roles and suicide in the context of modernization theory and then consider the Quebec case. We argue that the differential can be explained by the presence of varied integrating and regulating structures in society for men and women. Natural diff…
Ethnic Demography: Canadian Immigrant, Racial and Cultural Variations
Married female labor force participation and suicide in Canada, 1971 and 1981
Violent and accidental mortality among four immigrant groups in Canada, 1970-1972
For most people immigration to a new country such as Canada entails a positive move and an improvement in life. The many challenges associated with resettlement may, however, lead to insurmountable difficulties, stresses and conflict for a significant number of newcomers. The mortality experience of immigrants, as reflected in cause-of-death statistics, may provide indication of the extent of stress and conflict in their migration experience. Thi…
Sex, Marital Status, and Suicide in Canada: 1951-1981
This analysis extends earlier research concerning the protective role of marriage in people's lives. An important aspect of this general phenomenon pertains to the differential protection marriage engenders for the sexes. It is hypothesized that being married as opposed to unmarried entails a lower risk of suicide, and that marital status transitions from an unmarried state (e.g., single, widowed, divorced) to the married state entail a greater b…
Junior partners: Women's contribution to family income in Canada
Marital Status and Mortality in Canada: 1951-1981
Stable URL:http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2445%28198911%2951%3A4%3C907%3AMSAMIC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-PJournal of Marriage and the Family is currently published by National Council on Family Relations.Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available athttp://www.jstor.org/about/terms.html. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtainedprior permission, yo…
Contribution of cause‐specific mortality to changing sex differences in life expectancy: Seven nations case study
During the last two decades some industrialized nations witnessed varying degrees of constriction in their sex gaps in overall life expectancy. We investigate this development by paying particular attention to the contributions of major causes of death to the change in the difference between 1970 and 1990. The analysis is based on the experiences of seven nations: Australia, United States, Sweden, England and Wales, Portugal, Hungary, and Japan. …
A Longitudinal Analysis of Divorce and Suicide in Canada
The author investigates the relationship between the divorce rate and the national suicide rate in Canada during the period from 1950 to 1982. During this phase of recent Canadian history both divorce and suicide rates have followed ascending trends....It was found that in Canada the national rate of suicide varies directly with the rate of family dissolution even after the effects of unemployment and females participation in the labor force were…
The Relationship between Marital Dissolution and Suicide: The Canadian Case
A multivariate methodology is applied to test hypothesis that provinces with high levels of divorce experience increased rates of suicide. Aggregate data for Canadas provinces and territories for 1971 and 1978 provide strong support for this prediction thus indicating similarity in patterns with the United The author employs the following control variables in a multiple regression analysis: percentage of population with university education perce…
Immigrant Suicide in Canada: 1971 And 1981
This research provides a comprehensive analysis of suicide differentials among immigrant groups in Canada for the years 1971 and 1981. The overall assessment of findings supports the Durkheimian proposition that the rate of suicide among immigrants in Canada varies inversely with a group's degree of social integration. Immigrant groups with Catholic religious background (Italians, Portuguese, and Irish) have greater levels of social integration, …
Sex, Marital Status, and Suicide in Canada: 1951-1981
This analysis extends earlier research concerning the protective role of marriage in people's lives. An important aspect of this general phenomenon pertains to the differential protection marriage engenders for the sexes. It is hypothesized that being married as opposed to unmarried entails a lower risk of suicide, and that marital status transitions from an unmarried state (e.g., single, widowed, divorced) to the married state entail a greater b…
Ethnicity and Migration in Canada
This study focuses on the relationship between ethnicity and geographic mobility in Canada by examining 1971 census data. Several competing hypotheses are extracted from the literature on the social demography of ethnic and minority groups and evaluated for their efficacy in explaining the observed differences in geographic mobility. The results from a multivariate analysis suggest that the causal mechanisms involving ethnic, characteristic facto…
Nativity, Marital Status and Mortality in Canada
Dans cette étude prospective, j'examine les différences de mortalité par rapport à l'état civil chez sept groupes d'immigrants et les habitants nés au Canada. On croit que le lieu de naissance influe sur ce rapport par son association avec le choix de migration et avec la structure familiale. Puisque la migration choisit les individus en bonne santé, les immigrants devraient constituer une proportion saine de la population. Donc, le choix d'un ép…
The Role and Status of Women and the Timing of Marriage in Five Asian Countries
This study explores the relationship of women's role and status in society to their marriage timing in five non-industrial Asian countries (Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Malaysia). The role and status of women, conceptualized from acquired characteristics such as education and occupation before marriage, determines the largest degree of variance explained in ti ming of marriage. Even after socio-economic and ethno-religious variables…
The Quiet Revolution and the Sex Differential in Quebec's Suicide Rates: 1931-1986
In the context of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec during the late 1950s, this article devotes specific attention to the widening sex differential in suicide rates from 1931 to 1986. We reconceptualize sex roles and suicide in the context of modernization theory and then consider the Quebec case. We argue that the differential can be explained by the presence of varied integrating and regulating structures in society for men and women. Natural diff…
The Interurban Mobility of the Foreign Born in Canada, 1976–81
This study concerns itself with the relationship between nativity, language affiliation, and interurban mobility in Canada during the intercensal period 1976–81. Three hypotheses are evaluated: a) the urban/ethnic affinity thesis predicts that international immigrants share strong preferences for settling in and relocating toward large urban centers where established ethnic communities exist; b) the sociocultural explanation of mobility posits th…
The Relationship between Migration and the Provincial Divorce Rate in Canada, 1971 and 1978: A Reassessment
Sustained differences among Canadian provinces in the rate of divorce have been observed for some time but few attempts have been made to provide a systematic analysis of the relevance of region and migration to divorce. This study examines the interrelationship between these variables at two times 1971 and 1978. The results concerning migration are consistent with the hypothesis that regions characterized by high rates of population mobility hav…
From Divergence to Convergence: The Sex Differential in Life Expectancy in Canada, 1971–2000
Over the 20th century sex differences in life expectancy in the industrialized countries have widened in favour of women. Recently, a reversal in the long-term pattern of this differential has been noted in some countries. In Canada, between 1981 and 2000, this differential narrowed by almost two years. Greater than expected improvements in male death rates with respect to heart disease, lung cancer, accidents and violence (excluding suicide) exp…
Determinants of breastfeeding in the Philippines: A Survival Analysis
Married female labor force participation and suicide in Canada, 1971 and 1981
A Macrosociological Analysis of Change in the Marriage Rate: Canadian Women, 1921-25 to 1981-85
This study examines the historical changes in Canadian womens nuptiality patterns namely the first marriage rate and the age at first marriage from 1921-25 to 1981-85. Five hypotheses are developed...: the modernization thesis which predicts that increasing individualism is responsible for variation in nuptiality trends over time; the hypothesis of negative effects of national war and the Great Depression; the hypothesis of sex ratio imbalances c…
Economic status: A census analysis of thirty‐year‐old immigrant women in Canada
Dans cette note de recherche, nous utilisons les données du recensement de 1981 pour étudier la situation économique des femmes agées de trente ans au Canada. Nous comparons la population des femmes immigrantes ( N = 37000) à celle des femmes nées au Canada ( N = 160000), relativement à leurs niveaux éducationnel, occupationnel et financier. Les variables contrôlées individuellement par l‘étude sont: état civil, période d'immigration, origine eth…
Ethnicity and Migration in Canada
A Macrosociological Analysis of Native Indian Fertility in Canada: 1961, 1971, And 1981
Journal Article A Macrosociological Analysis of Native Indian Fertility in Canada: 1961, 1971, and 1981 Get access Frank Trovato Frank Trovato University of Alberta Address correspondence to the author, Sociology Department, 5-12 HM Tory Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H4. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 66, Issue 2, December 1987, Pages 463–485, https:…
The Stanley Cup of Hockey and Suicide in Quebec, 1951-1992
Social integration theory would view the Stanley Cup of Hockey series as a ceremonial occasion capable of promoting a temporary drop in the incidence of suicide. This proposition is combined with a key postulate of routine activities theory — that people who share similar backgrounds, lifestyles, and interests are inclined to get together in social activities, including in this case watching playoff hockey. It is proposed that the social context …
The Immigrant Mortality Advantage in Canada, 2001 and 2011
Perspectives on Canada's Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues
This textbook intended primarily for students in undergraduate courses in population brings together 28 papers examining major issues and trends in Canadian demography. Beginning with a historical survey of population growth in Canada and around the world Part 1 draws attention to the interplay of demographic and social changes. The remaining sections focus on issues in six specific areas: the age and sex composition of Canadian society mortality…
Narrowing sex differentials in life expectancy in the industrialized world: Early 1970's to early 1990's
Between the early 1970's and 1990's, twelve industrialized nations experienced for the first time a narrowing of their sex differences in life expectancy at age zero. In another set of countries, the differential has not yet reached a stage of convergence, although in some of these nations the female advantage appears to be increasing at a slower pace than ever before. We discuss the demographic and epidemiologic conditions for this new and large…
Junior partners: Women's contribution to family income in Canada
The Interurban Mobility of the Foreign Born in Canada, 1976-81
This study concerns itself with the relationship between nativity, language affiliation, and interurban mobility in Canada during the period 1976-1981. 3 hypotheses are evaluated: 1) the urban/ethnic affinity thesis predicts that international immigrants share strong preferences for settling in and relocating toward large urban centers where established ethnic communities exist; 2) the sociocultural explanation of mobility posits that variations …
Canadian Ethnic Fertility
This study investigates the relationship among ethnicity, education, and fertility for selected Canadian ethnic groups, introducing several extensions of Johnson's recent elaboration of Goldscheider and Uhlenberg's minority group status hypothesis. The findings suggest that among Asiatics and Germans the prevailing reproductive pattern is an assimilative one relative to the British majority group. Native Indians and Dutch maintain high levels of …
Ethnicity and Migration in Canada
Ethnicity and Migration in Canada
This study focuses on the relationship between ethnicity and geographic mobility in Canada by examining 1971 census data. Several competing hypotheses are extracted from the literature on the social demography of ethnic and minority groups and evaluated for their efficacy in explaining the observed differences in geographic mobility. The results from a multivariate analysis suggest that the causal mechanisms involving ethnic, characteristic facto…
Interprovincial Migration and Suicide in Canada, 1971-78
This study corroborates the findings by Stack (1980) on the relationship between interstate migration and suicide. The present application is to Canada during the early and later parts of the 1970s decade. Strong support for a migration effect emerges, thus supporting the culture shock hypothesis that because migration involves the concomitant processes of severing impor tant social ties with the origin, and adjusting to a new environment, Provin…
A Time Series Analysis of International Immigration and Suicide Mortality in Canada
A neglected topic concerning suicide as a sociological phenomenon is the relationship be tween international immigration and suicide mortality. This study examines the association between these variables using time series data for the period 1950 to 1982 in Canada. The central hypothesis, derived from the Durkheimian theory of social integration and suicide, is that the higher the immigration rate, the higher the rate of suicide. Two statistical …
Suicide and Ethnic Factors in Canada
A neglected area of sociological investigation is the relationship between ethnic factors and suicide mortality. This paper explores this topic among immigrant-ethnic groups in Canada. Three hypotheses are evaluated: (1) the assimilation thesis, which posits that the greater the degree of social assimilation among immigrant-ethnic groups, the greater the suicide rate; (2) the ethnic community integration explanation, which predicts that ethnic gr…
Economic status: A census analysis of thirty‐year‐old immigrant women in Canada
Dans cette note de recherche, nous utilisons les données du recensement de 1981 pour étudier la situation économique des femmes agées de trente ans au Canada. Nous comparons la population des femmes immigrantes ( N = 37000) à celle des femmes nées au Canada ( N = 160000), relativement à leurs niveaux éducationnel, occupationnel et financier. Les variables contrôlées individuellement par l‘étude sont: état civil, période d'immigration, origine eth…
The Relationship between Marital Dissolution and Suicide: The Canadian Case
A multivariate methodology is applied to test hypothesis that provinces with high levels of divorce experience increased rates of suicide. Aggregate data for Canadas provinces and territories for 1971 and 1978 provide strong support for this prediction thus indicating similarity in patterns with the United The author employs the following control variables in a multiple regression analysis: percentage of population with university education perce…
The Relationship between Migration and the Provincial Divorce Rate in Canada, 1971 and 1978: A Reassessment
Sustained differences among Canadian provinces in the rate of divorce have been observed for some time but few attempts have been made to provide a systematic analysis of the relevance of region and migration to divorce. This study examines the interrelationship between these variables at two times 1971 and 1978. The results concerning migration are consistent with the hypothesis that regions characterized by high rates of population mobility hav…
Immigrant Suicide in Canada: 1971 And 1981
This research provides a comprehensive analysis of suicide differentials among immigrant groups in Canada for the years 1971 and 1981. The overall assessment of findings supports the Durkheimian proposition that the rate of suicide among immigrants in Canada varies inversely with a group's degree of social integration. Immigrant groups with Catholic religious background (Italians, Portuguese, and Irish) have greater levels of social integration, …
Race Relations
A Longitudinal Analysis of Divorce and Suicide in Canada
The author investigates the relationship between the divorce rate and the national suicide rate in Canada during the period from 1950 to 1982. During this phase of recent Canadian history both divorce and suicide rates have followed ascending trends....It was found that in Canada the national rate of suicide varies directly with the rate of family dissolution even after the effects of unemployment and females participation in the labor force were…
A Macrosociological Analysis of Native Indian Fertility in Canada: 1961, 1971, And 1981
Journal Article A Macrosociological Analysis of Native Indian Fertility in Canada: 1961, 1971, and 1981 Get access Frank Trovato Frank Trovato University of Alberta Address correspondence to the author, Sociology Department, 5-12 HM Tory Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H4. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 66, Issue 2, December 1987, Pages 463–485, https:…
Mortality differentials in Canada, 1951?1971: French, British, and Indians
The Interurban Mobility of the Foreign Born in Canada, 1976-81
This study concerns itself with the relationship between nativity, language affiliation, and interurban mobility in Canada during the period 1976-1981. 3 hypotheses are evaluated: 1) the urban/ethnic affinity thesis predicts that international immigrants share strong preferences for settling in and relocating toward large urban centers where established ethnic communities exist; 2) the sociocultural explanation of mobility posits that variations …
The Interurban Mobility of the Foreign Born in Canada, 1976–81
This study concerns itself with the relationship between nativity, language affiliation, and interurban mobility in Canada during the intercensal period 1976–81. Three hypotheses are evaluated: a) the urban/ethnic affinity thesis predicts that international immigrants share strong preferences for settling in and relocating toward large urban centers where established ethnic communities exist; b) the sociocultural explanation of mobility posits th…
A Macrosociological Analysis of Change in the Marriage Rate: Canadian Women, 1921-25 to 1981-85
This study examines the historical changes in Canadian womens nuptiality patterns namely the first marriage rate and the age at first marriage from 1921-25 to 1981-85. Five hypotheses are developed...: the modernization thesis which predicts that increasing individualism is responsible for variation in nuptiality trends over time; the hypothesis of negative effects of national war and the Great Depression; the hypothesis of sex ratio imbalances c…
Marital Status and Mortality in Canada: 1951-1981
Stable URL:http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2445%28198911%2951%3A4%3C907%3AMSAMIC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-PJournal of Marriage and the Family is currently published by National Council on Family Relations.Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available athttp://www.jstor.org/about/terms.html. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtainedprior permission, yo…
Junior partners: Women's contribution to family income in Canada
Sex, Marital Status, and Suicide in Canada: 1951-1981
This analysis extends earlier research concerning the protective role of marriage in people's lives. An important aspect of this general phenomenon pertains to the differential protection marriage engenders for the sexes. It is hypothesized that being married as opposed to unmarried entails a lower risk of suicide, and that marital status transitions from an unmarried state (e.g., single, widowed, divorced) to the married state entail a greater b…
Married female labor force participation and suicide in Canada, 1971 and 1981
Violent and accidental mortality among four immigrant groups in Canada, 1970-1972
For most people immigration to a new country such as Canada entails a positive move and an improvement in life. The many challenges associated with resettlement may, however, lead to insurmountable difficulties, stresses and conflict for a significant number of newcomers. The mortality experience of immigrants, as reflected in cause-of-death statistics, may provide indication of the extent of stress and conflict in their migration experience. Thi…
Ethnic Demography: Canadian Immigrant, Racial and Cultural Variations
Religious Disaffiliation and Divorce in Canada
This study uses the Durkheimian concepts of social regulation and integration to investigate the link between rising religious disaffiliation and family breakup in Canada during two points in time, 1971 and 1981. The empirical analysis consists of applying a log-rate model to the sex-specific divorce rate in 1971 and 1981, which includes the variable of religious disaffiliation plus age, unemployment and married female labour force participation …
The Role and Status of Women and the Timing of Marriage in Five Asian Countries
This study explores the relationship of women's role and status in society to their marriage timing in five non-industrial Asian countries (Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Malaysia). The role and status of women, conceptualized from acquired characteristics such as education and occupation before marriage, determines the largest degree of variance explained in ti ming of marriage. Even after socio-economic and ethno-religious variables…
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