The Girl Child - ARCHIVED
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Description:
The chapter entitled "Women in Canada: The Girl Child" explores the diverse circumstances and experiences of girls aged 17 and under. The chapter describes the demographic characteristics of girls in Canada and presents several topics related to their well-being including: living arrangements, socioeconomic conditions, physical health and development, mortality, emotional and social health and development, child care, school readiness, education, and personal security. Where possible, comparisons are made between girls in different age groups, between girls and boys, and within several subpopulations.
Issue Number: 2015001
Main Product: Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report
Related information
Source (Surveys and statistical programs)
- General Social Survey - Giving, Volunteering and Participating
- National Household Survey
- Survey of Young Canadians
- Childhood National Immunization Coverage Survey
- Canadian Community Health Survey - Annual Component
- Vital Statistics - Birth Database
- Vital Statistics - Death Database
- Uniform Crime Reporting Survey
- Homicide Survey
- Census of Population
- General Social Survey - Victimization
- Programme for International Student Assessment
- Canadian Health Measures Survey
Subjects and keywords
Subjects
Keywords
- Alcohol consumption
- Child care
- Children
- Demographic characteristics
- Emotional abuse
- Emotional well-being
- Housing
- Immigrants
- Immunization
- Indigenous peoples
- Infant mortality
- Literacy
- Living arrangements
- Low income
- Mental health
- Mortality
- Numeracy
- Overweight persons
- Parental educational attainment
- Reading
- Schools
- Self-rated health
- Social activities
- Social behaviour
- Socioeconomic profiles
- Teenage smoking
- Visible minorities
- Volunteer work
- Women
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