Housing Studies
Volume 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 921-944

Do I buy with a little help from my friends? Homeownership-Relevant group characteristics and homeownership disparities among Canadian immigrant groups, 1971-2001 (Article)

Haan M.*
  • a Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Abstract

Using the 1971-2001 census of Canada master files, in this paper it is shown how employment in banking/finance, construction and real estate, and living in multiple family households reduces unexplained homeownership disparities between groups in Canada's seven largest immigrant-intake Census Metropolitan Areas. Although these characteristics are important at times for homeownership attainment, they do not elicit a persistent effect across the study period.

Author Keywords

Homeownership Immigration Social capital

Index Keywords

metropolitan area Canada immigrant homeownership household structure employment North America
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-35348835343&doi=10.1080%2f02673030701608142&partnerID=40&md5=6a43bde3ab40910fdb10d927364a2f7b
DOI: 10.1080/02673030701608142
ISSN: 02673037
Cited by: 6
Original Language: English