There have been numerous studies on the economic, social, and emotional lives of the
Southeast Asian refugees (Adelman, 1982; Beiser, Johnson, & Roshi, 1994; Haines, 1989;
Neuwirth, 1984; Nutter, 1984; Whitmore, Trautmann, & Caplan, 1989), yet the lack o f focus
on Southeast Asian women refugees is prevalent. Human capital theory explored Southeast
Asian women refugees' unique settlement experience as workers in Canada. Data from the
Refugee Resettlement Study, " A Ten Year Study of Southeast Asian Refugees in Canada"
(Beiser et al., 1994) was used to examine the employment experiences of women from
Vietnam and Laos who came to Canada as refugees. The majority of the women were
employed and were in jobs with low occupational status. Logistic regression was used to
analyse variables associated with employment and occupational status. High English
language proficiency was associated with being employed and having high occupational
status. In addition, being younger increased employability. When the individual items within
the English language proficiency scale were assessed, ability to read English and low ethnic
concentration promoted employability. Ability to write English and low ethnic concentration
increased the likelihood of having higher occupational status. This study contributes to the
limited literature on refugee women's human capital accumulation and employment
experiences during settlement in the host country.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/12403 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Bunjun, Bénita |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Relation | UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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