1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«[T]his article seeks a better understanding of the residential choices of families with children from a community perspective. It investigates the characteristics of communities within the Montreal metropolitan area where families with children have chosen to live.» (p. 71)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
This «analysis is based on two datasets extracted from a special compilation from the 2006 Canadian Census.» (p. 71) Data for the 19 burroughs in Montreal and the 89 municipalities of the Montreal metropolitan area are analysed.

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«In this article, [the author] ha[s] undertaken three different analyses of the location of families with children in the Montreal metropolitan area. The first analysis is a community-based estimation of the Alonso (1964) model. It shows that the average price of a single-family house within a community varies with distance to the CBD [Central Business District] and that space per household for housing grows in relation with distance. Notwithstanding, the second analysis, inspired by Mieskowski and Mills (1993) and their life-cycle arguments, shows that housing space is not as significant as new housing development or poverty to explain proportion of families with children in communities of the metropolitan area. [The] third analysis shows that communities closer to the CBD have higher proportion of low-income families as well as high-income ones. These communities also have a higher proportion of families with parents that are immigrants, that have university degrees, that are single (divorced) and that are under 35 years old. Mothers are also more likely to be active on the employment market in these communities.» (p. 84)