Question Statistics on the number and source countries of international students in the Canadian post-secondary system who have applied for/been granted permanent resident status subsequent to graduation. It was suggested to her that DLI products would help. Can anyone suggest which one? I looked through the list and found the National Graduates survey but when [...]
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Posted in Labour on Jun 24th, 2005
Question There are no SPSS or SAS syntax files for the LMAS data files on the DLI FTP site. Does anyone out there have such files they would be willing to share? Answer Lots – just make sure you are using the right edition: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/codebooks/cst/lmas.htm
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Posted in Health on Jun 15th, 2005
Question What early surveys would have collected data on body mass index or body weight or body weight and height. I can find back to GSS 1, 1985, Health and Social Support. Any STC survey prior to that for this information? We’re looking at Kendall’s National Canadian Health Surveys, 1950-1997, but it’s not clear who [...]
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Posted in Reference on Jun 15th, 2005
Question A researcher here at Dalhousie would like to get permission from Stats Canada to use the CCHS 2.1 questionnaire in a CIHR project proposal. Can you point me in the right direction? Answer You can contact Statistics Canada’s Licensing Section at licensing@statcan.ca.
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Posted in Health on Jun 10th, 2005
Question I have a patron looking for cause of death for coal miners in Sydney Cape Breton (historical 20th century). I have found Occupational Surveillance in Canada: Cause-specific mortaility among workers, 1965-1991, but this doesn’t do geography. Any other suggestions? Answer Here are notes a couple of sources for mortality data which if I remember [...]
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Question Education in Canada has been discontinued and I was wondering if there is anything available that does the same job? Seems to be surveys done through the Centre for Education Statistics, but I can’t find a publication of aggregate tables that does the same job as Education in Canada. Am I missing something obvious? [...]
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Posted in Culture and Leisure, Health on Jun 3rd, 2005
Question I’m looking for occurrence of yoga practice in Canada – either how many have tried it or how many have done it regularly. The question was asked in “National Population Health Survey, 1994. Supplemental surveys: nutrition, safety and accident prevention, smoking, breast-feeding, alcohol use during pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and use of health care [...]
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Questions 1. Does a purchase price or selling price of $0 for a house indicate that there was NO purchase or sale of a house by that household? Or were there houses that were bought and/or sold for $0 in the sample? 2. There was no coding documentation for the variables LARGEDWG, SMALLDWG, and OTHERR [...]
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