To date, researchers from various disciplines have studies leisure time; most have focused on quality of leisure activity, psychological benefits of leisure, spiritual effect, thereby neglecting the effect of social classes on features and quality of the selected place. Third place is defined as a location outside of home or work that allows for social interaction and emotional support, regardl...

This paper presents the final results of an acoustic study of ethno-phonetic differentiation among native varieties of English spoken in Montreal, Canada. The preliminary results, published in Boberg (2004), gave a tentative picture of phonetic differentiation among the three largest ethnic groups in the Montreal English speech community: people of British/Irish, Italian and Ashkenazi Jewish et...

We investigate whether selective intermarriage and endogenous ethnic identification interact to hide some of the intergenerational progress achieved by the Mexican-origin population in the United States. In part, we do this by comparing an "objective" indicator of Mexican descent (based on the countries of birth of the respondent and his parents and grandparents) with the standard "subjective" ...

We explore identity formation among adolescents, using the first wave of Children Immigrants Longitudinal Study in Norway (CILS-NOR). The results show that immigrant origin youth gradually adopt a stronger self-identity as Norwegians, regardless regional origins and religious affiliation. However, while adolescents European report others see them being even more “Norwegian” than they identify t...

Studies that ascribe ethnic identity by name searching demonstrate variations in perinatal mortality and health service uptake between South Asians* and the general population, and between Pakistanis and Bangladeshis. 2 We conducted a study to explore whether ethnic diVerences in immunisation rates exist in Newcastle upon Tyne, using data held on the Newcastle Child Health Register. In the abse...

BACKGROUND Neonates from low and middle income countries (LAMIC) tend to have lower birth weight compared with Western European (WE) neonates. Parental height, BMI and maternal parity, age and educational level often differ according to ethnic background, and are associated with offspring birth weight. Less is known about how these factors affect ethnic differences in neonatal body composition....

The genetic diversity and relationships among ethnic minority populations of southwest China were investigated using seven polymorphic restriction enzyme sites in the β-globin gene cluster. The haplotypes of 1392 chromosomes from ten ethnic populations living in southwest China were determined. Linkage equilibrium and recombination hotspot were found between the 5' sites and 3' sites of the β-g...