Discrimination and Chinese fertility in Canada

Tang, Zongli; Trovato, Frank

doi:10.1080/19485565.1998.9988972

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“…In other words, respondents were inclined to increase their family size with (more) children. This finding is consistent with previous research by Tang and Trovato (1998), which found that Chinese immigrant's fertility behavior and attitude was affected by China's traditional reproductive culture of having a large family.…”

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“…Furthermore, several researchers specifically studied fertility-related behaviors of Chinese immigrants in Canada. For example, Tang and Trovato (1998) found that the fertility behavior of Chinese immigrants in Canada is affected by both minority status and their relatively high fertility culture. If discrimination is reduced and economic security is improved, encouraged by the traditional reproductive norm of having a large family, Chinese immigrants would likely increase their number of children regardless of the level of education.…”

Section: Fertility Behavior and Health Of Chinese Immigrants In Canadamentioning

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Examining preconception care-related knowledge and attitudes among Chinese immigrants in Canada

Teng

Ahmed

2017

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine knowledge and attitudes about preconception health care among Chinese immigrants in Canada. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional internet-based survey, informed by the principles of the health belief model, was administered to a convenience sample in Ottawa, Canada. In total, 76 respondents from the Chinese community participated in the online survey. Findings Overall, participants demonstrated: low to moderate awareness of preconception related risk factors and preconception health; neutral to slightly positive attitudes toward carrying out preconception care; considerable confusion over the differences among preconception care, premarital health care (Mainland China), and prenatal health care; great sensitivity to subjective norms related to spouses, parents, and friends; and a strong desire for receiving information and communication from health care professionals. Practical implications An emphasis on reducing misperceptions and offering information about the preconception period and potential severe pregnancy-related risks may contribute to a better knowledge and intended behavior toward preconception care among Chinese immigrants, and ultimately optimize both their reproductive health and their future children’s health. Originality/value The cultural norms and population policies in the sending country may frame immigrants’ knowledge and attitudes related to preconception health care. This study fills the gap in the literature regarding Chinese immigrants’ knowledge levels and attitudes toward preconception care in Canada and thus offers insights into how to deliver culturally competent care and design effective communication strategies to reach out to ethnocultural communities.

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Examining preconception care-related knowledge and attitudes among Chinese immigrants in Canada

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Ahmed

2017

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“…As assumed, Chinese women whose husbands feel relatively economically secure would like to bear more children. This trend is obvious to the native-born Chinese (Tang and Trovato, 1998). For this group, the higher the husbands' education level, the worse the economic security, and the lower the wives' relative fertility level (as illustrated in Column 2 in Table 4).…”

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“…The latter can be best explained as economic insecurity. Economic insecurity would underline Chinese cultural influence and reduce their fertility (Tang and Trovato, 1998).…”

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“…However, equalized education does not necessarily offer minority members the same job opportunities. It was observed that occupational chances of African Americans were consistently inferior to whites (Siegel, 1965;Blau and Duncan, 1967;Blau, 1992;Gill, 1993;Tang and Trovato, 1998). For example, in the National Longitudinal Survey of Young Men (NLS), there is a questionnaire regarding the desire to work in Managerial Sales and Clerical, and Craft Occupations.…”

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Cultural influence, economic security, and the fertility behavior of the Chinese in Canada

Tang

2001

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This study explores interactions of cultural influence and economic insecurity and their effects on the fertility behavior of the Chinese in Canada. The importance of group context on the actions of individuals is measured through data from the PUST of the 1971 and 1991 Canadian Censuses. Contextual analysis and random coefficient models are the major statistical tools employed to achieve the above objectives. The Chinese-Canadians are compared to the British-Canadians, who are used as the reference group. The findings suggest that Chinese reproductive norms with pronatalist endowments exert strong influence on the fertility behavior of the Chinese in Canada. This influence effectively counteracts the negative effects of economic insecurity and encourages Chinese immigrants to quickly recover their fertility deficit after the initial immigration stage. The effects of the origin culture on fertility diminish with increasing exposure to the host society. However, even among the nativeborn or Canadian-born Chinese, the influence of Chinese reproductive norms is still present though not as strong as among the foreign-born Chinese.

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Discrimination and Chinese fertility in Canada

Cited by 2 publications

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Examining preconception care-related knowledge and attitudes among Chinese immigrants in Canada

Examining preconception care-related knowledge and attitudes among Chinese immigrants in Canada

Cultural influence, economic security, and the fertility behavior of the Chinese in Canada

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