What role do intermarriages (i.e., interethnic marriages) play in immigrants’ life satisfaction? Only a few studies have addressed this question. While are associated with upward mobility for immigrants, they more likely to get divorced than intramarriages marriages among co-ethnics), which suggests either positive or negative association between intermarriage and satisfaction. Drawing on data ...

BACKGROUND The impact of immigration on health services utilisation has been analysed by several studies performed in countries with lower levels of immigration than Spain. These studies indicate that health services utilisation is lower among the immigrant population than among the host population and that immigrants tend to use hospital emergency services at the expense of primary care. We ai...

We analyse the economic performance, measured in terms of relative income positions, of various ethnic groups in the UK and West Germany, as well as the effects of income redistribution on these populations. The two countries under investigation differ strongly with respect to their welfare state arrangements as well as the socio-economic structure of their immigrant populations. We use data fr...

OBJECTIVES To compare whether unmet health needs differ between immigrants and non-immigrants, and examine whether help-seeking characteristics account for any unmet needs disparities. METHODS The data are from the Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 1.1, conducted by Statistics Canada in 2000-2001. The study sample includes 16,046 immigrants and 102,173 non-immigrants aged 18 and older fr...

Abstract This paper suggests that intergenerationally transmitted ancestral characteristics have a significant impact on attitudes toward immigration. Using sub-population of second-generation immigrants from the European Social Survey (ESS), we find historical and linguistic factors contributed to weaker long-term orientation higher risk aversion are associated with greater concern, especially...

Is Temporary Agency Employment a Stepping Stone for Immigrants? We investigate whether agency employment is a bridge into regular employment for immigrants to Denmark using the timing-of-events approach. We provide evidence of large positive in-treatment effects, particularly for non-western immigrants and immigrants arriving during childhood. Post-treatment effects are fairly high for male non...

Introduction: According to the World Health Organisation ‘participation’, meaning involvement in everyday occupations, has a positive influence on health and wellbeing and lack thereof can lead to negative health consequences. Occupational therapy scholars believe this phenomenon needs exploring with attention to context. Variability is apparent in the way participation has bee...

BACKGROUND Healthcare obtained abroad may conflict with care received in the country of residence. A special concern for immigrants has been raised as they may have stronger links to healthcare services abroad. Our objective was to investigate use of healthcare in a foreign country in Turkish immigrants, their descendants, and ethnic Danes. METHODS The study was based on a nationwide survey i...

Many real-world optimization problems are subject to dynamic environments that require an optimization algorithm to track the optimum during changes. Ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithms have proved to be powerful methods to address combinatorial dynamic optimization problems (DOPs), once they are enhanced properly. The integration of ACO algorithms with immigrants schemes showed promising ...

in 2010, the ministry of education of one of the most diverse provinces in canada initiated the implementation of a support program for newcomer students to facilitate their academic, linguistic, social, and cultural adaptation in french speaking schools. this longitudinal multiple case study will document how immigrant parents support their children’s learning, and create a home environment co...