Posted in Reference on Jun 27th, 2007
Question We have a professor interested in efficient access to Census 2001 profile data by FED for the 2003 representation order. It is possible to find the data, riding by riding, for these ‘adjusted’ FED’s on the Stats Can website: http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/fedprofile/index.cfm but are these calculated profiles made available as a set, to the DLI? Answer [...]
Posted in Reference on Jun 18th, 2007
Question The current government has dismantled the Centre for Research and Information on Canada (CRIC), which used to do regular public opinion surveys as well as collecting other kinds of data. It all used to be available to Canadians through their website (including the data sets), until just the last couple of days when their [...]
Posted in Reference on Jun 6th, 2007
Question We have a researcher who needs to convert the 1991 SOC codes for occupations in the NPHS to NOC codes. I have not been able to find any direct concordance from 1991 SOC to the NOC. Have I missed something? My searches have led me to conclude that this will actually involve two steps: [...]
Posted in Families, Households and Housing, Income, Pensions, Spending and Wealth on Jun 6th, 2007
Question Is it safe to assume that a code of 0 in either variable PURPRICP or SELPRICE means that no house was purchased or sold in the year? If so, we can code 0 to designate a missing value (not applicable), and allow users to make meaningful estimates of house prices. As it stands right [...]
Teacher’s Guide to Data Discovery as released in today’s Daily. http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/12-593-XIE/12-593-XIE2007001.htm Teachers are finding that basic statistical skills “reading and creating tables, constructing graphs and calculating measures of central tendency (mean, median and mode)” are required across the curricula. Students practise these skills not only in the traditionally number-based subjects like mathematics and economics, but [...]
Posted in Income, Pensions, Spending and Wealth on Jun 4th, 2007
Question A researcher is hoping to prepare maps for the incidence of low income by CSD from 1980 forward. She has found that the 1996 and 2001 Censuses publish the incidence rate of low-income at the census division level. Is this available for previous to 1996? Answer There is certainly ‘Incidence of low income’ in [...]
Posted in Economic Accounts on Jun 1st, 2007
Question A faculty member here wishes the Library to subscribe to the New York Stock Exchange Trade and Quote database; I’ve never heard of it before. I gather this is something that not very many universities have and that most often it is the business school that pays for it. Any comments about this that [...]