This study explores the intersecting vulnerabilities in individuals who are homeless and have psychiatric challenges. Psychiatric survivors are often perceived as a homogeneous group with similar needs. However, survivors with further minority status are likely to have additional concerns and needs that may not be met by the current systems of care. People further marginalized by visible/cultur...

In the post-Suharto Reformasi era, Chinese Indonesians are enjoying new freedom to express their culture. The ethnic Chinese number around three million, making up about 1.5% of the nation’s population (Suryadinata 2004c: vii). Chinese Muslims constitute a minority religious group within this minority ethnic group, and little research has been done on them. Jacobsen (2005) puts forward a pessim...

The article concerns relations between Slovaks and the Hungarian minority in Slovakia. aim of this study is to determine current Slovak attitudes towards Hungarians analyse differences held by regular direct contact with those almost no contact. Another map among majority, find out how are perceived minority. data collection methods were a survey (N = 107) focus group interviews 36). results sh...

Bias formulae are derived for ecological regression estimators. These formulae are useful for determining the direction and magnitude of bias in estimation. It is shown that when group cohesion is higher in areas with higher concentrations of group members and when polarization is higher in more homogeneous areas, ecological regression estimates of polarization will tend to be biased upward. Bo...

Using Census data from 1981, 1986, 1991 and 1996, this study examined the association between living in a visible minority enclave and immigrants’ labour market outcomes in Canada’s three largest cities. The results showed that the number of such enclaves, defined as census tracts with at least 30% of the population from a single visible minority group (Chinese, South Asian or Black) increased ...