Christoph M Schimmele
Biographic Data
| ID | 96830 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christoph M Schimmele |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christoph M |
| FAMILY NAME | Schimmele |
| SIGNATURE | SCHIMMELE C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Victoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0171-0747 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 273 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
The inclusion of racialized women in the nursing workforce
Purpose The study focuses on employment equity among Canadian women with a nursing education, examining differences across racialized groups. Design/methodology/approach The analysis used data from the 2021 Canadian Census of Population on a large sample of women aged 25–64 years with a nursing education ( n = 112,000). The analysis compared women from ten racialized population groups to those from the White population group on attainment of a nu…
Immigrants' Social Relations with Neighbours: Does the Population Density of the Neighbourhood Matter
Trends in Immigrant Overeducation: The Role of Supply and Demand
This study asks whether recent immigrants and Canadian‐born youth have become increasingly overeducated for their jobs because of changes in the supply of university‐educated workers and demand for their human capital. Based on analyses of four Canadian censuses, the study found that over the 2001–2016 period, only about one‐half of the growth in the supply of university‐educated workers was matched with growth in jobs that required a university …
Perceived religious discrimination and mental health
Religious discrimination is a threat to mental health, irrespective of religious affiliation. There is a need to disaggregate non-Christian groups into distinct groups in studies of religious discrimination
Co-ethnic concentration and trust in Canada’s urban neighbourhoods
This study investigates the relationship between the density of people’s ethno-racial in-group in their neighbourhoods (co-ethnic concentration) and trust in their neighbours. Previous studies demonstrate that ethno-racial diversity decreases trust in others, however, these studies rely on overly broad definitions of diversity and of trust, and often do not disaggregate the effects for Whites and ethno-racial minorities. Hence, this study examine…
The Correlates of Self-Assessed Community Belonging in Canada: Social Capital, Neighbourhood Characteristics, and Rootedness
Repartnering After Union Dissolution in Later Life
The authors estimated the timing of repartnering among individuals who had experienced a union dissolution at age 45 or older, treating cohabitation and marriage as competing risks. The analysis used retrospective data from the 2007 Canadian General Social Survey and life table analysis and Cox models to examine patterns of repartnering. The study offered three major conclusions. First, age constraints on repartnering are large when union dissolu…
HIV knowledge among male labor migrants in China
Labor migrants are a high risk population for HIV infection. Their lack of HIV knowledge is a serious concern because they are a vulnerable group for infection and their sexual behaviors are spreading HIV to other members of the population and across geographic areas
Group Differences in Intermarriage with Whites between Asians, Blacks, and Hispanics: The Effects of Assimilation and Structural Constraints
This study examines the reasons for differences in the prevalence of intermarriage with Whites between racial minorities in 283 U.S. metropolitan areas. The analysis demonstrates that Asians have the highest and Blacks the lowest rate of intermarriage with Whites, with Hispanics falling in between. We tested two theories for these group differences. First, the structural explanation, which posits that differences in the relative size of each raci…
Cross-country variation in interracial marriage: A USA–Canada comparison of metropolitan areas
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 a…
Condom Use at Sexual Debut Among Chinese Youth
Chinese youth represent a high-risk group for sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancies, but there is little understanding of their sexual behaviours. Using nationally representative data, this study examines the social and demographic correlates of condom use by Chinese youth at sexual debut. It also examines the relationship context of condom use at sexual debut. The results indicate that condom use at sexual debut is very low …
Repartnering After Widowhood
Our results confirm that constraints in marriage markets appear to contribute to a gender gap in the prevalence of repartnering after widowhood. Though the widowed prefer remarriage over cohabitation as a repartnering choice, there are important regional differences in repartnering that reflect cultural norms in the social acceptance of cohabitation. Socioeconomic disincentives to marriage do not appear to push the widowed into cohabitation
The Effect of Urbanization on China’s Fertility
Self-perceived Integration of Immigrants and their Children
The purpose of this study is to examine whether there are intergenerational differences in the self-perceived integration of immigrants. The analysis disentangles this relationship from the effects of ethno-racial status and other individual-level characteristics. In addition, it examines the effects of neighborhood socio-demographic composition, such as living in an ethnic enclave. The study merges data from the 2001 Canadian Census and the post…
Aging and Late-Life Depression
The relationship between age and late-life depression is complex, and it depends on how the dependent variable is measured. Late-life depression develops through a different set of risk factors than it does in earlier stages of the life course. The "fourth age" appears to be a period of psychiatric morbidity
Racial Diversity and Sense of Belonging in Urban Neighborhoods
This study examines the relationship between the racial composition of urban Canadian neighborhoods and national belonging and in–group belonging. The study employs multilevel data and an instrumental variable approach to estimate differences in sense of belonging between individuals from racially heterogeneous and racially homogenous neighborhoods. The study demonstrates that residential exposure to racial diversity has an independent effect on …
Change and Stability in Cohabitation and Children's Educational Adjustment
This study examines the short-term effects of change and stability in family type on the educational adjustment of children aged 10-15 years. Data for study are drawn from five waves of the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. Our focus is on comparing cohabiting (biological and step) families and marital families. No differences are observed for changes in school engagement based on cohabitation. Perceived achievement sho…
Gender and Remission of Mental Illness
Developing Scales for Measuring Gender Behaviors in Reproductive Health in Rural China
This article introduces two scales for measuring the gender-specific burden of family planning (FP) and reproductive health (RH) in rural China, following the implementation of a client-oriented approach to FP/RH. One scale (GHRHS-SC) measures FP/RH clients to examine whether gender influences FP/RH behaviors. The other scale (GHRHS-SP) measures service provider interactions with service clients to gauge whether FP/RH institutions are fulfilling …
Family Structure and Children's Psychosocial Outcomes
This article examines the influence of family structure on children's short-term psychosocial behavioral outcomes, including emotional disorder, conduct disorder, and prosocial behavior. The analysis uses five waves of data (1994-2003) from Canada's National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to model how living in a cohabitational household (two biological parents) and how experiencing cohabitation dissolution influence children's behavio…
Psychological disposition and self-reported health among the ‘oldest-old’ in China
This study contributes to our understanding of the ageing process by investigating whether particular psychological dispositions among older people are associated with healthy ageing. The study's objective is to further our knowledge about what constitutes ‘health’ for the ‘oldest-old’ (people aged 80 or more years) in China. It is recognised that apart from the absence of disease, good health is a subjective experience, and it is posited that se…
Wu and Schimmele Respond
McCarthy and associates observe that analyses of racial/ethnic health disparities in countries with substantial recent immigrant populations must consider the effects of nativity, for this factor influences health differences. We acknowledge this crucial observation, and indeed we are familiar with the literature on healthy migrants. For example, an up-to-date Statistics Canada report indicates that foreign-born individuals report fewer chronic c…
Immigrant Status and Unmet Health Care Needs
Racial/Ethnic Variation in Functional and Self-Reported Health
The state can play an important role in health outcomes, and public commitment to accessible health care may explain why socioeconomic status and health behaviors are weak indicators of racial/ethnic health variation in Canada
Food Insufficiency and Depression
Using National Population Health Survey data and the stress process model, this study investigates the relationship between food insufficiency and the risk of depression among Canadian adults. The study presents three principal findings. First, after controlling for conventional socioeconomic and socio-demographic variables, food insufficiency increases the risk of depression and actually predicts this risk better than measures of low income, mai…
Repartnering after first union disruption
Using data from the 1995 General Social Survey (N= 2,639), this study examines two competing repartnering choices made by Canadians after first union disruption: marriage or cohabitation. About 42% of women and 54% of men form a second union 5 years after union disruption, with cohabitation being the most prevalent choice. The timing of second union formation is more rapid among former cohabitors than among the divorced. Widowhood is an acute bar…
Immigrant Status and Unmet Health Care Needs
Racial Diversity and Sense of Belonging in Urban Neighborhoods
This study examines the relationship between the racial composition of urban Canadian neighborhoods and national belonging and in–group belonging. The study employs multilevel data and an instrumental variable approach to estimate differences in sense of belonging between individuals from racially heterogeneous and racially homogenous neighborhoods. The study demonstrates that residential exposure to racial diversity has an independent effect on …
The Correlates of Self-Assessed Community Belonging in Canada: Social Capital, Neighbourhood Characteristics, and Rootedness
Racial/Ethnic Variation in Functional and Self-Reported Health
The state can play an important role in health outcomes, and public commitment to accessible health care may explain why socioeconomic status and health behaviors are weak indicators of racial/ethnic health variation in Canada
Repartnering After Union Dissolution in Later Life
The authors estimated the timing of repartnering among individuals who had experienced a union dissolution at age 45 or older, treating cohabitation and marriage as competing risks. The analysis used retrospective data from the 2007 Canadian General Social Survey and life table analysis and Cox models to examine patterns of repartnering. The study offered three major conclusions. First, age constraints on repartnering are large when union dissolu…
Self-perceived Integration of Immigrants and their Children
The purpose of this study is to examine whether there are intergenerational differences in the self-perceived integration of immigrants. The analysis disentangles this relationship from the effects of ethno-racial status and other individual-level characteristics. In addition, it examines the effects of neighborhood socio-demographic composition, such as living in an ethnic enclave. The study merges data from the 2001 Canadian Census and the post…
Food Insufficiency and Depression
Using National Population Health Survey data and the stress process model, this study investigates the relationship between food insufficiency and the risk of depression among Canadian adults. The study presents three principal findings. First, after controlling for conventional socioeconomic and socio-demographic variables, food insufficiency increases the risk of depression and actually predicts this risk better than measures of low income, mai…
Cross-country variation in interracial marriage: A USA–Canada comparison of metropolitan areas
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 a…
Repartnering After Widowhood
Our results confirm that constraints in marriage markets appear to contribute to a gender gap in the prevalence of repartnering after widowhood. Though the widowed prefer remarriage over cohabitation as a repartnering choice, there are important regional differences in repartnering that reflect cultural norms in the social acceptance of cohabitation. Socioeconomic disincentives to marriage do not appear to push the widowed into cohabitation
Perceived religious discrimination and mental health
Religious discrimination is a threat to mental health, irrespective of religious affiliation. There is a need to disaggregate non-Christian groups into distinct groups in studies of religious discrimination
Race, Ethnicity, and Depression in Canadian Society
This study examines racial/ethnic differences in mental health using data from the 1996-97 National Population Health Survey. Three hypotheses are tested. First, a socioeconomic hypothesis tests if differences in family income, education, and low income explain racial/ethnic mental health variation. Second, a social resources hypothesis tests if differences in social support explain racial/ethnic mental health variation. Finally, an interaction h…
Group Differences in Intermarriage with Whites between Asians, Blacks, and Hispanics: The Effects of Assimilation and Structural Constraints
This study examines the reasons for differences in the prevalence of intermarriage with Whites between racial minorities in 283 U.S. metropolitan areas. The analysis demonstrates that Asians have the highest and Blacks the lowest rate of intermarriage with Whites, with Hispanics falling in between. We tested two theories for these group differences. First, the structural explanation, which posits that differences in the relative size of each raci…
The Effect of Urbanization on China’s Fertility
Aging and Late-Life Depression
The relationship between age and late-life depression is complex, and it depends on how the dependent variable is measured. Late-life depression develops through a different set of risk factors than it does in earlier stages of the life course. The "fourth age" appears to be a period of psychiatric morbidity
Family Structure and Children's Psychosocial Outcomes
This article examines the influence of family structure on children's short-term psychosocial behavioral outcomes, including emotional disorder, conduct disorder, and prosocial behavior. The analysis uses five waves of data (1994-2003) from Canada's National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to model how living in a cohabitational household (two biological parents) and how experiencing cohabitation dissolution influence children's behavio…
Psychological disposition and self-reported health among the ‘oldest-old’ in China
This study contributes to our understanding of the ageing process by investigating whether particular psychological dispositions among older people are associated with healthy ageing. The study's objective is to further our knowledge about what constitutes ‘health’ for the ‘oldest-old’ (people aged 80 or more years) in China. It is recognised that apart from the absence of disease, good health is a subjective experience, and it is posited that se…
Co-ethnic concentration and trust in Canada’s urban neighbourhoods
This study investigates the relationship between the density of people’s ethno-racial in-group in their neighbourhoods (co-ethnic concentration) and trust in their neighbours. Previous studies demonstrate that ethno-racial diversity decreases trust in others, however, these studies rely on overly broad definitions of diversity and of trust, and often do not disaggregate the effects for Whites and ethno-racial minorities. Hence, this study examine…
Trends in Immigrant Overeducation: The Role of Supply and Demand
This study asks whether recent immigrants and Canadian‐born youth have become increasingly overeducated for their jobs because of changes in the supply of university‐educated workers and demand for their human capital. Based on analyses of four Canadian censuses, the study found that over the 2001–2016 period, only about one‐half of the growth in the supply of university‐educated workers was matched with growth in jobs that required a university …
Change and Stability in Cohabitation and Children's Educational Adjustment
This study examines the short-term effects of change and stability in family type on the educational adjustment of children aged 10-15 years. Data for study are drawn from five waves of the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. Our focus is on comparing cohabiting (biological and step) families and marital families. No differences are observed for changes in school engagement based on cohabitation. Perceived achievement sho…
Race, Ethnicity, and Depression in Canadian Society
This study examines racial/ethnic differences in mental health using data from the 1996-97 National Population Health Survey. Three hypotheses are tested. First, a socioeconomic hypothesis tests if differences in family income, education, and low income explain racial/ethnic mental health variation. Second, a social resources hypothesis tests if differences in social support explain racial/ethnic mental health variation. Finally, an interaction h…
Wu and Schimmele Respond
McCarthy and associates observe that analyses of racial/ethnic health disparities in countries with substantial recent immigrant populations must consider the effects of nativity, for this factor influences health differences. We acknowledge this crucial observation, and indeed we are familiar with the literature on healthy migrants. For example, an up-to-date Statistics Canada report indicates that foreign-born individuals report fewer chronic c…
Immigrant Status and Unmet Health Care Needs
Racial/Ethnic Variation in Functional and Self-Reported Health
The state can play an important role in health outcomes, and public commitment to accessible health care may explain why socioeconomic status and health behaviors are weak indicators of racial/ethnic health variation in Canada
Food Insufficiency and Depression
Using National Population Health Survey data and the stress process model, this study investigates the relationship between food insufficiency and the risk of depression among Canadian adults. The study presents three principal findings. First, after controlling for conventional socioeconomic and socio-demographic variables, food insufficiency increases the risk of depression and actually predicts this risk better than measures of low income, mai…
Repartnering after first union disruption
Using data from the 1995 General Social Survey (N= 2,639), this study examines two competing repartnering choices made by Canadians after first union disruption: marriage or cohabitation. About 42% of women and 54% of men form a second union 5 years after union disruption, with cohabitation being the most prevalent choice. The timing of second union formation is more rapid among former cohabitors than among the divorced. Widowhood is an acute bar…
Psychological disposition and self-reported health among the ‘oldest-old’ in China
This study contributes to our understanding of the ageing process by investigating whether particular psychological dispositions among older people are associated with healthy ageing. The study's objective is to further our knowledge about what constitutes ‘health’ for the ‘oldest-old’ (people aged 80 or more years) in China. It is recognised that apart from the absence of disease, good health is a subjective experience, and it is posited that se…
Family Structure and Children's Psychosocial Outcomes
This article examines the influence of family structure on children's short-term psychosocial behavioral outcomes, including emotional disorder, conduct disorder, and prosocial behavior. The analysis uses five waves of data (1994-2003) from Canada's National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to model how living in a cohabitational household (two biological parents) and how experiencing cohabitation dissolution influence children's behavio…
Gender and Remission of Mental Illness
Developing Scales for Measuring Gender Behaviors in Reproductive Health in Rural China
This article introduces two scales for measuring the gender-specific burden of family planning (FP) and reproductive health (RH) in rural China, following the implementation of a client-oriented approach to FP/RH. One scale (GHRHS-SC) measures FP/RH clients to examine whether gender influences FP/RH behaviors. The other scale (GHRHS-SP) measures service provider interactions with service clients to gauge whether FP/RH institutions are fulfilling …
Change and Stability in Cohabitation and Children's Educational Adjustment
This study examines the short-term effects of change and stability in family type on the educational adjustment of children aged 10-15 years. Data for study are drawn from five waves of the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. Our focus is on comparing cohabiting (biological and step) families and marital families. No differences are observed for changes in school engagement based on cohabitation. Perceived achievement sho…
Aging and Late-Life Depression
The relationship between age and late-life depression is complex, and it depends on how the dependent variable is measured. Late-life depression develops through a different set of risk factors than it does in earlier stages of the life course. The "fourth age" appears to be a period of psychiatric morbidity
Racial Diversity and Sense of Belonging in Urban Neighborhoods
This study examines the relationship between the racial composition of urban Canadian neighborhoods and national belonging and in–group belonging. The study employs multilevel data and an instrumental variable approach to estimate differences in sense of belonging between individuals from racially heterogeneous and racially homogenous neighborhoods. The study demonstrates that residential exposure to racial diversity has an independent effect on …
The Effect of Urbanization on China’s Fertility
Self-perceived Integration of Immigrants and their Children
The purpose of this study is to examine whether there are intergenerational differences in the self-perceived integration of immigrants. The analysis disentangles this relationship from the effects of ethno-racial status and other individual-level characteristics. In addition, it examines the effects of neighborhood socio-demographic composition, such as living in an ethnic enclave. The study merges data from the 2001 Canadian Census and the post…
Condom Use at Sexual Debut Among Chinese Youth
Chinese youth represent a high-risk group for sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancies, but there is little understanding of their sexual behaviours. Using nationally representative data, this study examines the social and demographic correlates of condom use by Chinese youth at sexual debut. It also examines the relationship context of condom use at sexual debut. The results indicate that condom use at sexual debut is very low …
Repartnering After Widowhood
Our results confirm that constraints in marriage markets appear to contribute to a gender gap in the prevalence of repartnering after widowhood. Though the widowed prefer remarriage over cohabitation as a repartnering choice, there are important regional differences in repartnering that reflect cultural norms in the social acceptance of cohabitation. Socioeconomic disincentives to marriage do not appear to push the widowed into cohabitation
HIV knowledge among male labor migrants in China
Labor migrants are a high risk population for HIV infection. Their lack of HIV knowledge is a serious concern because they are a vulnerable group for infection and their sexual behaviors are spreading HIV to other members of the population and across geographic areas
Group Differences in Intermarriage with Whites between Asians, Blacks, and Hispanics: The Effects of Assimilation and Structural Constraints
This study examines the reasons for differences in the prevalence of intermarriage with Whites between racial minorities in 283 U.S. metropolitan areas. The analysis demonstrates that Asians have the highest and Blacks the lowest rate of intermarriage with Whites, with Hispanics falling in between. We tested two theories for these group differences. First, the structural explanation, which posits that differences in the relative size of each raci…
Cross-country variation in interracial marriage: A USA–Canada comparison of metropolitan areas
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 a…
Repartnering After Union Dissolution in Later Life
The authors estimated the timing of repartnering among individuals who had experienced a union dissolution at age 45 or older, treating cohabitation and marriage as competing risks. The analysis used retrospective data from the 2007 Canadian General Social Survey and life table analysis and Cox models to examine patterns of repartnering. The study offered three major conclusions. First, age constraints on repartnering are large when union dissolu…
Co-ethnic concentration and trust in Canada’s urban neighbourhoods
This study investigates the relationship between the density of people’s ethno-racial in-group in their neighbourhoods (co-ethnic concentration) and trust in their neighbours. Previous studies demonstrate that ethno-racial diversity decreases trust in others, however, these studies rely on overly broad definitions of diversity and of trust, and often do not disaggregate the effects for Whites and ethno-racial minorities. Hence, this study examine…
The Correlates of Self-Assessed Community Belonging in Canada: Social Capital, Neighbourhood Characteristics, and Rootedness
Perceived religious discrimination and mental health
Religious discrimination is a threat to mental health, irrespective of religious affiliation. There is a need to disaggregate non-Christian groups into distinct groups in studies of religious discrimination
Trends in Immigrant Overeducation: The Role of Supply and Demand
This study asks whether recent immigrants and Canadian‐born youth have become increasingly overeducated for their jobs because of changes in the supply of university‐educated workers and demand for their human capital. Based on analyses of four Canadian censuses, the study found that over the 2001–2016 period, only about one‐half of the growth in the supply of university‐educated workers was matched with growth in jobs that required a university …
Sociology (22 works) · Demography (20 works) · Psychology (17 works) · Geography (15 works) · Population (15 works) · Demography (14 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Economics (11 works) · Demographic economics (9 works) · Political science (9 works)