Posted in Crime and Justice on Jan 31st, 2008
Question A student here is working with some crime data and would like to know whether, for the UCR, for detailed offences (we’re just looking at sexual assault), if it is possible to distinguish between male and female respondents. That is, we only want to know how many women were sexually assaulted, specifically in 1993 [...]
Posted in Income, Pensions, Spending and Wealth on Jan 25th, 2008
Question Can anyone point me towards a source that would provide information on the cost of living between specific cities in the two countries? Answer Statistics Canada produces “Canadian Foreign Post Indexes” (62-013-XIE). “These indexes are calculated to establish and adjust the Post Living Allowance (PLA) paid to Canadian government employees serving outside of Canada. [...]
Posted in Crime and Justice, Ethnic Diversity and Immigration on Jan 23rd, 2008
Question A student is looking for statistics around race and prisoners/prison population. I know the Adult Correctional Services Survey does tell us how many aboriginal inmates there are, but I’m wondering if that’s as far as we can get with respect to race/ethnicity of the Canadian prison population. Am I missing anything? Answer Looking at [...]
Question I have a researcher who wants to look at 2001 census data by Census Metropolitan Area and Census agglomeration Influenced zones (MIZ). I found the following table: Cat #95F0495XCB2001012 – Cumulative Electronic Components of Profiles, 2001 Census This table does break down the census data by the 4 MIZ categories (strong, moderate, weak, no [...]
Posted in Labour on Jan 22nd, 2008
Question Looking at the 2007 LFS files – what sps file corresponds to these? All the files I see go as far as 2005. Is this file still valid for the 2007 data files? Answer The author division has confirmed that the record layout and the micro-data file haven’t changed since 2005 and that you [...]
Posted in Ethnic Diversity and Immigration, Families, Households and Housing on Jan 21st, 2008
Question I have a researcher who is examining cultural diversity in housing. Specifically he is looking dwelling type by place of birth for the CMA level. I am having quite a time finding anything, can someone put me on the right track? Answer Consider using the Census public use microdata to pursue your patron’s request. [...]
Posted in Crime and Justice on Jan 21st, 2008
Question I understand from the Census Dictionary that residents of correctional facilities are enumerated using the institution’s administrative records. Is it possible to find out exactly the nature of the information recorded? And would anyone know the method by which the admin record is translated into a census record? Is the correctional facilities population included [...]
Posted in International Trade on Jan 16th, 2008
Question A student here is hoping to get data back to 1961 for Canada – United States trade in automobiles and auto parts (North American Industrial Classification System codes 3361 through 3363). He would like annual data for these. We can go back to 1980 with the World Trade Database – it uses the Standard [...]
Posted in Reference on Jan 16th, 2008
Question If I recall properly, the census numbers used to be perturbed during rounding – is this the case with the 2006 Census? Answer Below is the description of how random rounding is used and how it applies to data for the 2006 Census. The information was provided by our Census Consultants and comes from [...]
Posted in Reference on Jan 16th, 2008
Question A researcher at McMaster is looking for population density data of Canadian Federal Electoral Districts from 1972 to present. So the researcher needs land areas and populations for each FED. Does anyone know where this data might be available? Answer The Geography Division recommends that your client use the 1991 – 2006 GeoSuite products [...]