Mobility In Canada Research Articles

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 factors and the propensity to move are varied and interconnected; hence, both ethnic and social demographic characteristics are important sources of migration differentials. The article concludes by providing a theoretical model for further examination of ethnicity and migration."

Trends in Occupational Mobility in Canada and the United States: A Comparison

Using data from the Canadian Mobility Study and from the OCGI study, we compare occupational mobility in Canada and the United States for males who were 16 years of age between 1924 and 1953. The data are coded into six comparable occupational groupings and the problems involved in doing this are discussed. The analysis of trends is carried out both within and between countries. Using log-linear models, we find that there is no trend in mobility in either country and no difference in mobility between the two countries.

Another Look at Ethnicity, Stratification and Social Mobility in Canada

Another Look at Ethnicity, Stratification and Social Mobility in Canada

Occupational mobility in Canada over four generations*

La mobilité d'occupations couvrant trois et quatre générations est examinée afin de fournir une perspective additionnelle sur les procédés de mobilité au Canada, et spécialément de prouver les hypothèses sur les attributs cumulatifs d'état familial. Dans un échantillonnage national récent, des sujets mâles out fourni des données sur leurs occupations en plus de celles de leurs pères, grandpères et fils aînés. Les résultats de l'analyse des statistiques sont comparés. On trouve des rapports directs entre les rangs d'occupations couvrant plus de trois générations, mais, tel que prévu, ici les effets sont relativement faibles comparés à ceux entre pères et fils. Avec surprise, peut‐être, on ne trouve pas d'association entre les occupations des arrière‐grands‐pères et celles des arrière‐petitsfils. On découvre aussi qu'il y a évidence d'un effet de rang constant (pour le fang familial dans deux générations antérieures) sur les rangs obtenus des répondants. Les répondants de classe moyenne (cols blancs), de pères et grands‐pères de même classe, sont plus nombreux que prévu en utilisant un modèle de calcul simple. Les résultats suggèrent aussi que l'effet du rang social du grand‐père sur l'occupation dans la troisième génération du petit‐fils. On étudie aussi les implications des résultats pour interpréter le niveau attributs vs. accomplissement dans la société canadienne.Occupational mobility over three and four generations is examined in order to provide additional perspective on Canada's mobility processes and especially to test hypotheses of cumulative family ascription. Data are provided by male respondents' reports, in a recent national sample survey, of their own occupations plus those of their fathers, grandfathers, and eldest sons. Results using correlational, regression, and matrix analyses are compared. Direct links between occupational status scores over three generations are found but, as would be expected, the effects here are relatively low compared to those between fathers and sons. Perhaps surprisingly the occupations of great‐grandfathers and great‐grandsons are found to show no association. Among other findings, there is some evidence of a status consistency effect (for family status in two earlier generations) on respondents' status attainments. White‐collar respondents with white‐collar fathers and grandfathers are more numerous than would be expected according to a simple additive model. Results also suggest that the effect of grandfather's status on occupation in the third generation is channelled through the grandson's education. Implications of the findings for interpretations of the level of ascription vs achievement in Canadian society are discussed.

Social Mobility in Canada: The Current Picture

k3tudies of social mobility in Canada would seem familiar and easily comprehensible to American readers; the basic methodologies and approaches are the same. What differs is the response to distinctive elements and problems within Canadian society and the exploitation of unique research opportunities that Canada presents. For example, studies of the elite are more feasible in a smaller nation since their number is small and manageable, and so swift progress in this area has been made in Canada. Beyond these kinds of differences, a high priority has also been given to the study of social mobility and social stratification. It is in the latter area that one of the first high quality books of readings on a specialized topic was produced (see Curtis and Scott, 1973). One of the best of the upper year textbooks in Canada deals with social mobility (Tepperman, 1975b). The reason for this emphasis is not that social stratification or restrictions in mobility are felt to be a greater social problem in Canada; rather it is because a significant minority of Canadian sociologists have had rather than American training and in Britain a high priority has always been given to studies of mobility and stratification. This British tradition is clearly evident in the work of John Porter, whose 1965 book The Vertical Mosaic quickly became and still remains the dominant work in Canadian sociology.

Stochastic indicators of occupational mobility, Canada: 1951?1961

Though various studies on spatial mobility are available, little is known about occupational mobility in Canada. This study is concerned with the estimation of Canadian occupational mobility from aggregate census data. The process of occupational mobility is characterized as a stationary Markov chain and certain meaningful conditions are imposed on the transition probabilities to convert the estimation strategy into a linear programming problem. Cross-section data for 1951 and 1961 are employed for estimation purposes. The study reveals that in 1951–61, the Canadian females had higher rates of mobility than the males.