By Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
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8. Refugees who have lived in Canada only a few years are far less likely to be able to speak an official language: 20% cannot do so, compared with 8% for others. They are far less likely to usually speak an official language at home: 5%, compared with 18% for others. Although official language skills and use increase with duration, even after 15 years we find a large gap based on refugee origin. 8, bottom panel) are more proficient in an official language than others, but are more likely to usually speak their origin language at home.
8. 75, the respective scores for Chinese, Polish, and Dutch. It is apparent that language score exerts a major effect on fluency rates and retention of mother tongue. 2% of the latter usually speak one of the official languages at home. 6% can speak an official language but usually speak their origin language at home. 4% respectively. 6. b Language scores where Chinese is the lowest and Dutch is the highest for the languages identified in the data. c Unity if from Vietnam or the former USSR. d Unity if from South Asia, Vietnam, Africa, Hong Kong, or the Philippines.
Most striking is the greater propensity for immigrants from Romance-language countries and former French colonies to live in Quebec, presumably because of the smaller linguistic and cultural distance (Chiswick and Miller 1994a). 1 Means and standard deviations of variables, male immigrants from nonEnglish-speaking countries: 1991 Census of Canada Variable Age Age at Migration Education Level Period of Residence Atlantic Provinces Quebec Ontario Prairie Provinces British Columbia Lives in CMA Married Miles Between Canada and Originc Linguistic Distance Minority Language Concentration Refugee Colony Italy Germany Portugal Poland USSR Other Europe Middle East Southern Asia Hong Kong China Philippines Vietnam Other Asia Africa C.