Open AccessPanethnicity and Ethnic Resources in Residential Integration: A Comparative Study of Two Host Societies
Author(s) -
Ann H. Kim
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
canadian studies in population
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1927-629X
pISSN - 0380-1489
DOI - 10.25336/p66891
Subject(s) - ethnic group , socioeconomic status , context (archaeology) , acculturation , social integration , social group , ideology , social environment , sociology , geography , economic geography , political science , demography , politics , social science , anthropology , population , archaeology , law
The racial and ethnic structure of a host society as well as its institutional andideological context of integration shape the ethnic integration process. Toexamine these forces for residential integration, this study compares threepanethnic groups in Canada and the United States using tabular data from the2001 Canadian and the 2000 US censuses. Two ways in which the social contextis important are identified. First, the social context affects how groups aredistributed across urban neighbourhoods. As expected, being a Black ethnicgroup meant being less segregated in Canada than in the US but Asian groupswere more segregated, controlling for group characteristics and the urban andregional context. White ethnic groups in both countries were similarlysegregated. Second, the social context influences the process of incorporationitself. The effect of ethnic resources, in terms of acculturation and socioeconomic status, was dependent on the group and host society. The results demonstrate that the national context plays a significant role in the way panethnic group membership influences the spatial processes of ethnic groups in the urban neighbourhoods of the two host societies.