title: Asian immigrants in Canada:  some findings from 1981 census.
abstract: Immigrant characteristics in Canada are analyzed using data from the 1981 census.  "The purpose of this paper is to focus on Asian immigrants and to compare them with immigrants born in the United Kingdom, and also to compare them with Canadian-born persons with respect to age, sex, marital status composition, educational attainment, labour force participation, class of worker, occupation and income."  (summary in FRE, SPA)
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Basavarajappa
authors.lastname: Verma Rbp
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000569:Americas; D002170:Canada; D019352:Censuses; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D007182:Income; D017533:Marital Status; D008913:Minority Groups; D009656:North America; D009790:Occupations; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Age Distribution; Americas; Canada; Census; Comparative Studies; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Employment Status; Ethnic Groups; Income; International Migration; Labor Force; Marital Status; Migrants; Migration; Minority Groups; North America; Northern America; Occupations; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Sex Distribution; Socioeconomic Factors