Canadian Studies in Population (Journal)
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The Probabilistic Life Table and Its Applications to Canada
No full textTraditionally, life-table variables are assigned certain values at all ages, and hence are treated as deterministic. But the survival process of the hypothetic cohort is uncertain; hence, the nature of life tables is probabilistic. This paper introduces a newly developed method to produce the probabilistic life table, in which each variable has a probability distribution rather than a sample value, at all ages except the first one. Applying the probabilistic life table to Canada, it concludesthat the recent changes in mortality are statistically significant mostly at old ages, which cannot be estimated by the traditional life table
The Changing Health of Canadian Grandparents
No full textFertility postponement and mortality decline are shifting the demography of the grandparent population in Canada. The ways in which the aging of the grandparent population affects families depends in large part on the health of grandparents. In this article, we document the aging of Canadian grandparents between 1985 and 2011. However, despite being older, grandparents are healthier, signaling that the compression of morbidity is outpacing the postponement of grandparenthood. This shift is partly due to the higher educational attainment of this population and partly due to secular improvements in health over time. The improved health of grandparents in Canada has important implications for intergenerational transfers and relationships
Disentangling the Quebec fertility paradox: The recent evolution of fertility within marriage and consensual union in Quebec and Ontario
No full textThis article analyzes the relation between conjugal status and fertility in Quebec. We use data from three censuses to estimate a series of fertility measures within marriage and within cohabitation. We use a comparative approach and look at the relationship between conjugal status and fertility within groups defined by language, place of birth, and place of residence. Results show that childbearing within cohabitation is typical of French-speaking Quebeckers, and that in this group, fertility is now mainly concentrated among cohabiting couples. Given that fertility is now currently slightly higher in Quebec than in Ontario, cohabitation cannot be deemed the cause of low fertility
