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Zenaida Ravanera

Degrees

  • BSC, MBA. Xavier University
    Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines

  • Ph. D. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    Brussels, Belgium

Contact: Office: (519) 661-2111 ext 85151.  E-mail: ravanera@uwo.ca.

Publications: 2002-2007

Book

2006.   Canada’s Changing Families: Implications for Individuals and Society. McQuillan, Kevin and Zenaida R. Ravanera (eds) . Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Contributions:
Chapter 1: Introduction. Z. R. Ravanera and K. McQuillan. 
Chapter 10: Family Solidarity in Canada: An Exploration with the General Social  Survey on Family and Community Support.  F. Rajulton and Z. R. Ravanera
Chapter 11: Social Integration over the Life Course: Influences of Individual, Family, and Community Characteristics. Z. R. Ravanera and F. Rajulton

Journal Articles

2007. Population Change in Canada to 2017 and Beyond: the Challenges to Policy Adaptation. R. Beaujot, K. McQuillan, and Z. R. Ravanera. Horizons 9(4): 3-54.

2007. Informal Networks Social Capital of Fathers: What Does the Social Engagement Survey Tell Us? Z. R. Ravanera. Social Indicators Research 83(2): 351-373

2007. Changes in Economic Status and Timing of Marriage of Young Canadians. Z.R. Ravanera and F. Rajulton. Canadian Studies in Population, 34(1): 49-67. http://gemini.ssc.uwo.ca/popstudies/cps/

2007.  Measuring Social Cohesion: An Experiment Using the Canadian National Survey of Giving, Volunteering, and Participating. F. Rajulton, Z. R. Ravanera, and R. Beaujot. Social Indicators Research 80(3): 461-492.

2006. Social Status Polarization in the Timing and Trajectories to Motherhood. Z.R. Ravanera and F. Rajulton. Canadian Studies in Population. 33(2): 179-207. http://gemini.ssc.uwo.ca/popstudies/cps/

2005.   Spatial Patterns and Socio-economic Integration of Filipinos in Canada. 2005. T.R. Balakrishnan, Z.R. Ravanera, and T. Abada. Canadian Ethnic Studies. 37(2)

2004.   Patterns of Age Variability in Life Course Transitions. Z.R. Ravanera, F. Rajulton,  T.K. Burch. Canadian Journal of Sociology. 29 (4): 527-542.

2003.  Early Life Transitions of Canadian Youth: Effects of Family Transformation and   Community Characteristics. Z.R. Ravanera, F. Rajulton, T.K. Burch. Canadian Studies in Population, 30(2): 327-354.

2003.   Youth Integration and Social Capital: An Analysis of the Canadian General Social  Surveys on Time Use. Z.R.Ravanera, F. Rajulton, and P. Turcotte. Youth and Society, 35 (2): 158-182.

2002.   The early life courses of Canadian men: analysis of timing and sequences of events; Z.R. Ravanera, F. Rajulton, T.K. Burch and C. Le Bourdais. Canadian Studies in Population. 29: 293-312. http://gemini.ssc.uwo.ca/popstudies/cps/       

Significant Research Contribution: Scholarly Monograph

1995.  Family over the Life Course.  R. Beaujot, F. Rajulton, E. Gee and Z. Ravanera. Ottawa: Statistics Canada Cat No. 91-543, 173 pp.

Contributions:
Chapter 1:  A Portrait of the Family Life of Young Adults. Z. Ravanera.
Chapter 4: The Family Life Course in Twentieth-Century Canada: Changes, Trends and Interrelationships. F. Rajulton and Z. Ravanera.

Research Projects Involved In

  • Family and Work: Models of Earning and Caring

  • Social Capital and Integration of Young Canadian Immigrants

  • Family Structure and Social Capital

  • Socio-economic Determinants of Family Formation

  • Changing Fatherhood: Supporting Involvement

  • The Family, Community, and Health in the Context of Economic Change

  • Gender, Interpersonal Risk and Childbearing

  • Family Transformation and Social Cohesion

  • Longitudinal Research in the Social Sciences: Assessment and Dissemination of Tools for Analysis in the Canadian Context

  • Variations in the Life Course Transitions of Canadians

  • Family over the Life Course

Other Papers and Presentations in Conferences: 2002-2007

2007. Models of earning and caring: Trends in time-use. Beaujot, Roderic, Jianye Liu and Zenaida Ravanera. Paper presented at the meetings of the Population Work and Family Policy Research Collaboration Symposium, Ottawa,13-14 December 2007.

2007. Profiles of Fathers in Canada. Report prepared for the Father Involvement Research Alliance.

2007. Social Capital of Women Measured: Differentials by Family Structure. Z. R. Ravanera and F. Rajulton. Paper presented at the 2007 International Conference on Extended and Extending Families organized by the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships. Edinburgh,  27-29 June.

2007. Impact of Social Status, Gender and Ethnicity on Early Life Courses of Canadians. Fernando Rajulton, Zenaida R. Ravanera, and Thomas K. Burch. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Population Society. Saskatoon, May 30- June 2.

2007. Social Capital through Institutional Networks and Generalized Relationship: Analysis of Differentials by Fatherhood Status. Z. R. Ravanera and F. Rajulton. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Population Society. Saskatoon, May 30- June 2.

2006. Men’s Life Course Trajectories: How and Why They Differ by Social Status and from Women’s Life Course. Z. R. Ravanera, T.K. Burch, and F. Rajulton. Paper prepared for the IUSSP Seminar on the Ecology of the Male Life Course. Castle of Rauischholzhausen, Germany, 10-12 October 2006

2006. Informal Networks Social Capital of Fathers: What Does the Social Engagement  Survey Tell Us?  Paper presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of  the Canadian Population Society. Toronto, June 1-3, 2006. Discussion Paper 06-04

2006. Demographic and Socio-Economic Profile of Fathers. Zenaida R. Ravanera (with the assistance of Amir Erfani and Daniel Sahleyesus). Presentation at the Father Involvement Community Research Forum and Knowledge Mobilization Workshop.Toronto, May 5-7.

2006. Inequality and the Life Course: Differentials in Trajectories and Timing of Transitions of Canadian Women. Z.R. Ravanera, F. Rajulton, and T.K. Burch.  Paper presented at the Population, Work, Family Collaboration (PWFC) Symposium. Ottawa, March 23-24.  Discussion Paper 06-03

2005. Young Canadians’ Family Formation: Variations in Delayed Start and Complex Pathways. Z.R. Ravanera, F. Rajulton, and T.K. Burch. Paper presented at the 25th International Population Conference of the International Union for the Scientific Study of  Population. Tours, France. Discussion Paper 05-11

2005. The Life Course Trajectories of Older Canadians. Z.R. Ravanera, F. Rajulton, and T.K. Burch. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Population Society. London, ON. Discussion Paper 05-08

2005. Cohort and Social Status Differences in Marital Dissolution: Analysis Using the 2001 General Social Survey. Z.R. Ravanera, F. Rajulton, and T.K. Burch. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association. London, ON. Discussion Paper 05-09

2005. Economic Independence and Marriage: Exploring Their Relationship Using the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics. Z. R. Ravanera and F. Rajulton. Paper presented at the Conference of the Canadian Research Data Network on Canada’s Families under Pressure. Montreal.

2005.  Family models for earning and caring: implications for child care. R. Beaujot and Z. R. Ravanera. Paper presented at the Conference of the Canadian Research Data Network on Canada’s Families under Pressure. Montreal. Discussion Paper 05-01

2004. Social Status Polarization in the Timing and Trajectories to Motherhood. Z. R. Ravanera and F. Rajulton. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Population Society. Winnipeg.

2004. Work and Family Life Trajectories of Young Canadians:Evidence from the 2001 General Social Survey. Z. R. Ravanera and F. Rajulton. Paper presented at the International Conference on Work-Life Balance across the Life Course. Edinburgh.

 2004. Timing and Trajectory of Canadian Men’s Fertility: Is There a Bifurcation by Social Status. Z. R. Ravanera and F. Rajulton. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. Boston.

2003. Relative Participation of Men and Women in Paid and Unpaid Work: An Analysis of Variations by Individual, Family and Community Characteristics. R. Beaujot and Z. R. Ravanera. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, Halifax, June. Population Studies Centre Discussion Paper 03-07.

2003.  Integration at Mid-Life: An Analysis of the General Social Surveys on Time Use. Ravanera, Z. R. and F. Rajulton. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Population Society, Halifax, June.   Population Studies Centre Discussion Paper 03-09

2003.   How Cohesive are Canadian CMAs?: A Measure of Social Cohesion Using the National Survey of Giving, Volunteering, and Participating. F. Rajulton, Z.R. Ravanera, and R. Beaujot. Paper presented at the 2003 Statistics Canada Economic Conference, Ottawa, May 12-13. Population Studies Centre Discussion Paper 03-10.

2003.  Fertility of Canadian Men: Levels, Trends, and Correlates. Z. R. Ravanera and F. Rajulton. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. Minneapolis, May 1-3. PSC Discussion Paper 03-06.

2003.  Impact of Individual, Family and Community Characteristics on Inter-generational Support: An Analysis of the Canadian 1996 General Social Survey on Social and Community Support.  F. Rajulton and Z. R. Ravanera. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. Minneapolis, May 1-3.

2002. Integration at Late Life: Inclusion, Participation, and Belonging among the Elderly. Z. R. Ravanera and F. Rajulton. Pp. 307-321 in Proceedings of Conference of the Federation of Canadian Demographers, Demographic Futures in the Context of Globalization: Public Policy Issues. Ottawa: Federation of Canadian Demographers. PSC Discussion paper 01-16.

2002. The Family and Political Dimension of Social Cohesion: Analyzing the Link Using the 2000 National Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating. Z.R. Ravanera, R. Beaujot and F. Rajulton. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Population Society. Toronto. PSC Discussion Paper 02-07.

2002.  Effects of Community and Family Characteristics on Early Life Transitions of Canadian Youth. Z. R. Ravanera, F. Rajulton and T. K. Burch. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. Atlanta. PSC Discussion Paper 02-05