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gender inequalities in health in old age. It is less clear in the literature if social factors have a differential impact on … the health of older men and women. This paper examines gender differences in the patterns of social predictors of health … older men than they do for older women. These gender differences have important policy implications for health …
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Using data from the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey, the current study expands on previous research on the healthy immigrant effect (HIE) in adult populations by considering the effects of both immigrant and visible minority status on health for males and females in mid- (45- 64) and later...
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does exist. Our findings are consistent with existing literature on ethnic inequalities in Canada. Recent immigrants with a … results vary depending on gender and ethnic background. In fact economic inequality according to type of occupation can be … attributed to gender rather than ethnicity; that is, the Canadian labour force continues to be more gender- than ethnically …
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In this paper we explore the question of whether the gender of the instructor in first year university microeconomics … in the likelihood that a student will continue in economics. We could find no evidence that gender of instructor matters … performance. Yet again, we could find no indication that the gender of instructor made any difference to the continuation …
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treatments in the analysis of the trust and reciprocity data. In addition to these preference related variables, gender is …. For this sample of participants, the gender variable does not capture any differences in the behavior of men and women …
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. The study uses data from the Hamilton CMA in Canada, and multilevel models to investigate demographic aging factors …, gender differentials, and neighbourhood attributes on distance traveled. The results of the study validate previous findings … are significant gender effects compounded by the interrelated factors of employment constraints, household dynamics, and …
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The paper reviews evidence that suggests that, over the coming two decades, people are likely to stay in the work force at least five years longer, possibly by considerably more. The implications for policy are surprisingly large and surprisingly unrecognized. Recent trends, if extended into the...
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Like many industrialized countries, Canada is experiencing significant population aging and this phenomenon, inherited …
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Little comparative research exists on health experiences and conditions of minority groups in Canada and the United …. Logistic regression analysis of data from the 2002–2003 Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health shows that the joint effect … largely insignifi cant in Canada but considerable in the U.S. Non-White native and foreign-born Americans within both 45-to-64 …
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First Nation (Native Indian) people in Canada have higher incidences of every major disease than do the Canadian … treatment strategies as an appropriate approach to the health problems of Canada's First Nation communities. …
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