Posted in Children and Youth, Crime and Justice on Jan 16th, 2012
Question Does anyone know where to find statistics showing the time-of-day crimes occur? Answer As a start, the following is a link to information about youth crimes and time of day that may be of use to you, depending on the age group of interest: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2010002/article/11241-eng.htm
Posted in Children and Youth, Education, Training and Learning, Languages on Jan 13th, 2012
Queston Does anyone know of a source for stats on the level of English comprehension by school age children? Answer The following Statistics Canada publications may be of interest to your client: Education Indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (81-582-XWE) Abstract: “The Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP) draws from a wide [...]
Posted in Children and Youth, Health on Apr 1st, 2011
Question I’m looking for the average amount of screen time of children by province. Any suggestions, please? Answer The CCHS 2007-2008 public use microdata file includes variables related to Sedentary Activities (SAC) (e.g. number of hours on a computer, playing video games, watching television/videos, etc.), age range variables and province-level variables which could be of [...]
Posted in Children and Youth, Health on Mar 16th, 2011
Question I received the following request for statistics/data today while I was away at a Conference. I am not sure how to find all the requested bits and pieces. The Canadian Community Health Survey, cycle 1.2, 2002 (Mental Health) has some data, but does not offer all the data requested. I am doing research on [...]
Posted in Children and Youth, Updates on Mar 15th, 2011
We are pleased to inform you that the following product is now available on the DLI FTP and website. National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), 2008-2009 : Synthetic Files Note: These synthethic files do not contain real data and should never be used for analytical purposes. Their only purpose is to assist users [...]
Posted in Children and Youth, Science and Technology on Jan 14th, 2011
Question Does anyone know, offhand, if stats are collected on internet usage by children under 15? I can find all sorts of surveys, but the lowest age I can find is 15. Answer The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) collected data on computer and internet use by children under 15. You can [...]
Posted in Children and Youth, Health on Nov 19th, 2010
Question I have a student looking for the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in children going back to the 1970′s to date or whatever she can find. Anything we are finding is not specific to type 2. Thanks in advance for your help. Answer This information doesn’t appear to be readily available in CANSIM, on [...]
Posted in Children and Youth, Families, Households and Housing on Oct 14th, 2010
Question A researcher would like to know the percentage of mothers in Canada who bed-share with their infants (co-sleep). Answer The following (non-StatCan) literature review on the Public Health Agency of Canada website may be of interest to the researcher. It includes references to a few studies on this topic: The Practice of Bed Sharing: [...]
Posted in Children and Youth, Families, Households and Housing, Health on Sep 22nd, 2010
Question A researcher here at York is interested in information on experiences of motherhood among adolescent girls in child welfare and or youth justice. Specifically, she is interested in recent survey data dealing with risks and health outcomes of early motherhood for this vulnerable population. We spent some time searching this morning, looking for these [...]
Posted in Children and Youth, Health on Sep 16th, 2010
Question I received the following request for statistics/data today while I was away at a Conference. I am not sure how to find all the requested bits and pieces. The Canadian Community Health Survey, cycle 1.2, 2002 (Mental Health) has some data, but does not offer all the data requested. “I am doing research on [...]