Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Health on Apr 6th, 2011
Question I am looking for the rate of diabetes, suicide rate, and addiction rates for the indigenous peoples of the Tsuu T’ina Nation near Calgary, AB. Please let me know where I can find these rates. Answer Health Canada has produced “Acting On What We Know: Preventing Youth Suicide in First Nations” http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fniah-spnia/pubs/promotion/_suicide/prev_youth-jeunes/index-eng.php Statistics are [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Health on Mar 16th, 2011
Question 1) When will the 2009 – 2010 CCHS pumf be released? Also, in the CCHS 2009- 2010 questionnaire, there is an Aboriginal/ non-Aboriginal flag. Will this question make it into the pumf? I hope it does. 2) In the APS 2006 questionnaire, it states that people who answered the survey who were non-Aboriginal were [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Updates on Jan 25th, 2011
Hello, We are pleased to inform you that the following files are now available on the Statistics Canada Nesstar Webview site (http://www62.statcan.ca). Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006: Adults Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006: Children and Youth Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2001: Adults off the reserve Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2001: Children off the reserve Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 1991 Anyone [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Education, Training and Learning on Oct 21st, 2010
Question I was wondering whether any one has suggestions on possible sources for the following: 1. Number of Aboriginal Graduates by year [2005 - 2010] across universities in Canada. At the minimum, looking for figures for Medical/ Doctoral universities. 2. Number of faculty who identified themselves as Aboriginal by university. Would like to have the [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Reference, Statistical Methods on Sep 16th, 2010
Question I have a researcher here using the 2006 APS and she has asked for clarification in regards to this question about Aboriginal Ancestry, particularly with the responses “Non Inuit in Arctic” and “No Aboriginal ancestry”. We found some information in the documentation on page 24. http://prod.library.utoronto.ca:8090/datalib/codebooks/cstdli/aps/2006/aps2006gid_eng.pdf Variable Name: GDANCESG Position: 8 Length: 2 Aboriginal [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Updates on Mar 3rd, 2010
A revised French codebook is now available for APS 1991. The revised French codebook corrects issues raised in December 2009. The English codebook did not need to be revised. WEB: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/data-donnees/ftp/aps-eapa/aps-eapa-1991-fra.htm FTP: /DissFTP/dli/DLI Collection- **except Census; Geography and Trade**/Aboriginal Peoples Survey – aps/1991/eapa91cbkv2.txt Thank you.
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples on Mar 13th, 2009
Question A file called Community Profiles was released along with the pumf for the 1991 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. A graduate student would like a similar aggregated file from the later APS surveys. She is aware of the 2001 Census Aboriginal Population Profile and the 2006 Census Aboriginal Population Profile. It would be convenient for her [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples on Mar 13th, 2009
Question Will this product be made available via DLI as data product ? http://www.statcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=3250&lang=en&db=imdb&adm=8&dis=2 Answer The PUMF for the APS 2006 is expected to be released sometime this month, and it will be made available through the DLI.
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples on Mar 2nd, 2009
Question An anxious professor here is wondering if you could give a better idea when the the Aboriginal Peoples Survey 2006 Public Use Microdata File (PUMF) might be released? I checked Products Release page and see it’s supposed to be released this month. Answer My contact in the Division won’t provide me with a specific [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Health on Mar 23rd, 2007
Question A researcher needs data at the CT level (Regina) for aboriginal health variables. At one point, I was hoping to utilize postal codes but have given up on this and have since wondered whether we should be using GeoSuite. I think the problem, or one of them, is that the CCHS has the types [...]