This study examines ethnic based differences in economic and health status. We combine existing literature with our … analysis of data from the Canadian Census and National Population Health Survey. If a given sub-topic is well researched, we …-differentiated. Yet recent immigrants, especially from Asia, are advantaged in health outcomes compared to Canadian-born persons – the …

poorer health than their Canadian-born counterparts. Using data from the 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey, the … current study tests two hypotheses to explain the health gap between these two groups. Findings indicate support for the … differential vulnerability hypothesis but not for the differential exposure hypothesis in explaining the health gap between …