New Immigrants' Assessments of Their Life in Canada

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Between Two Worlds: Source‐Country Gender Roles and Gender Differences in Educational Attainment among Immigrant Children

“…This new found independence and the belief that education can enhance one's bargaining position within traditional households likely play a role in their children's academic pursuits, particularly among their daughters (Zhou and Bankston ). Further, many immigrants cite greater opportunities for their children as a key motivation for moving to Canada (Houle and Schellenberg ). Thus, immigrants who migrated for this reason are more likely to be supportive of their daughters pursuing higher education.…”

Acquisition of Cross-Ethnic Friends by Recent Immigrants in Canada: A Longitudinal Approach

“…4 4 Statistics Canada does not provide information on the further possible selectivity of the dropout, and there are hardly any publications that discuss this issue. An exception is a paper by Houle and Schellenberg (2010) in which it is shown that attrition is not related to the level of education and the occupational status of the respondent, nor is it related to the degree of satisfaction with the life in Canada. Still, it could be that attrition is selective on other variables. …”

Mind the Gap: Expectations and Experiences of Clients Utilizing Job‐training Services in a Social Enterprise

“…For instance, Chow () finds that satisfaction is positively correlated with friendships among Hong Kong adolescent immigrants to Canada. Similarly, Houle and Schellenberg () detect a negative relationship between satisfaction with life in Canada and having little or no contact with friends. Those who report positive contact with neighbors and friends and those participating in religious services see their lives in the host country more positively.…”

“…Looking at the relationship between pre‐migration expectations and post‐migration experiences of immigrants from Russia to Finland, Mähönen and colleagues () found that the more actual experiences exceeded the expectations, the better were immigrants’ life satisfaction and general mood. Similarly, Houle and Schellenberg () found that younger immigrants to Canada tended to assess their lives more positively compared to older immigrants, and those with higher levels of education are less likely to be satisfied with their lives in Canada compared to immigrants with lower educational attainment due to higher expectations among the older and less educated immigrants.…”