Posted in Reference on Nov 29th, 2006
Questions I downloaded the March 2006 PCCF from the DLI directory, and have some questions. In the directory structure, there is a “corrected-postal-codes” subdirectory, with two files: 1) pc_corr_cp.xls – which is a list of 550 postal codes — Is this the list of postal code corrections mentioned in the second bullet on page 5 [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples on Nov 29th, 2006
Question I have a question regarding the use of the Chi-square test, this time when using the Aboriginal Peoples Survey. The researcher notes that “One way to correct the Chi-square for a complex sample is to divide the Chi-square produced, say by SPSS, by the design effect for the sample being used. The result is [...]
Posted in Government on Nov 28th, 2006
Question A political science graduate student is looking for historical data (back to the 1970s) for provincial governments expenditures in social services and health. CANSIM Table 385-0008 provides data from 1989 onward and Historical Statistics of Canada (H332-344. Provincial governments, gross general expenditure by function) presents data from 1965 to 1975. Where can we find [...]
Posted in Society and Community, Updates on Nov 27th, 2006
General Social Survey, Cycle 19: Time Use (2005) The core content of time use repeats that of cycle 12 (1998), cycle 7 (1992) and cycle 2 (1986), and provides data on the daily activities of Canadians. Question modules were also included on unpaid work activities, cultural activities, social networks and participation in sports. The target [...]
Posted in Population and Demography on Nov 24th, 2006
Question I have a student looking for birth and death rates for Sackville, Nova Scotia. This is a “Designated Place” according to the Census people. I can’t seem to get to birth and death rates for anything other than provinces when using CANSIM. Sackville, N.S. is part of the Halifax Regional Municipality and is served [...]
Posted in International Trade on Nov 24th, 2006
Question A researcher here would like to get Canadian mining foreign direct investment into Latin American countries. The following CANSIM table comes closest: Table 376-0053 International investment position, Canadian direct investment abroad and foreign direct investment in Canada, by industry and country, annual (dollars) The closest industry is “energy and metallic minerals”, but the real [...]
Posted in Ethnic Diversity and Immigration, Income, Pensions, Spending and Wealth on Nov 24th, 2006
Question In the 2000 Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics there is a variable “immst15″ (immigrant flag). Marginals are as follows: 1 yes 3,641 2 no 11,608 7 don’t know 42,192 We’re assuming that the “don’t know” category should actually be “not applicable” and also that it refers to persons born in Canada. Is that [...]
Posted in Labour on Nov 22nd, 2006
Question Is it safe to assume that the SPSS syntax file “lfs-rebased2001-2000-2005.sps” can be used for 2006 monthly files as well? Answer Everything seems fine to use the same code for 2006.
Posted in Environment, Population and Demography on Nov 22nd, 2006
Question One of our PhD’s is looking to find data at the lowest geographic level possible on as wide a variety of environmental indicators (air, water and soil qualities, climate, etc) and wants to marry that with a wide range of demographics (age, gender, ethnicity, income, etc) at the same level of geography. He’d like [...]
Posted in Labour on Nov 17th, 2006
Question I have a professor looking for the 2003 employee data PUMF for the WES. I see that synthetic files are available through the FTP site – are the PUMFs available? Answer There is no PUMF for this survey at this time in the DLI collection. I believe we were offered a version of a [...]