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- Articles and reports: 75-001-X199000214Geography: CanadaDescription:
Have recent female university graduates been able to narrow the earnings gap between themselves and their male counterparts? This study tackles the question by examining field of study, occupation and other characteristics of graduates
Release date: 1990-05-29 - 42. Dependency ratios: An international comparison ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X1990002143Geography: CanadaDescription:
As the need for pension plans and other support systems increases due to Canada's aging population, the proportion of the working-age population (the main contributor to these systems) is dropping. Will Canada face a dependency crisis in the future? This article examines dependency ratio over the past two decades and notes how Canada compares with other industrialized countries.
Release date: 1990-05-29 - 43. The gift of time ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X199000248Geography: CanadaDescription:
In 1987, the time contributed by volunteers to various organizations was the equivalent of over 500,000 full-time jobs. This study profiles volunteers and the organizations they serve.
Release date: 1990-05-29 - Articles and reports: 75-001-X199000294Geography: CanadaDescription:
As more women have joined the work force over the last twenty years, they have been entering traditionally male occupations. And to a lesser degree, men have been choosing careers in female-dominated occupations. This study looks at the extent of these moves into non-traditional occupations.
Release date: 1990-05-29 - 45. The labour force: Into the '90s ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19900012289Geography: CanadaDescription:
In 1980, few people expected the depth of the 1981-1982 recessions or the strength of the subsequent recovery. Still, as we started the new decade, the unemployment rate stood at 7.5% and regional job disparities remained one of the most critical problems facing Canada. We offer a look back at the trends and fundamental changes that occurred in the labour market during the '80s.
Release date: 1990-01-26 - 46. High technology at work ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19900012290Geography: CanadaDescription:
Many analysts see high technology industries as the way to a healthy and wealthy economy. This article reviews some of the concepts and definitions of high technology, selects one definition and examines the 1977 to 1986 employment and earnings dynamics in these industries.
Release date: 1990-01-26 - Articles and reports: 75-001-X19900012291Geography: CanadaDescription:
Do the similarities between Canada and the United States extend to patterns of wealth distribution? This study focuses on the wealth of Canadian and American households in 1984. What are the similarities and the differences in the assets held by families? Is wealth more concentrated in one country than in the other? Do Canadians and Americans have different approaches to investment?
Release date: 1990-01-26 - 48. The performance of trusteed pension funds ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19900012292Geography: CanadaDescription:
By the end of 1988, $158 billion worth of pension funds were available for investment - more than five times the federal deficit. This study examines how pension funds are invested in both the private and public sector and looks at the rates of returns on these investments between 1978 and 1988.
Release date: 1990-01-26 - 49. The graduates of '82: Where are they? ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19900012293Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study of 1982 graduates from Canadian universities and community colleges follows their fortunes in the labour market up to 1987. It compares the earnings of graduates in various disciplines and looks at their patterns of inter-provincial mobility.
Release date: 1990-01-26 - 50. Wives as primary breadwinners [1990] ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X19900012294Geography: CanadaDescription:
As more and more wives join the work force, the dual-earner family has become the norm and a wife who earns more than her husband is no longer a rarity: in 1987, it happened in just under one of five dual-earner families. This study profiles these wives and their husbands by work patterns and earnings, and looks at life-cycle variations.
Release date: 1990-01-26
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- 21. Government transfer payments and family income ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X199000355Geography: CanadaDescription:
From family allowance cheques and child tax credits to old age security pensions and guaranteed income supplements, most Canadians benefit from government transfer payments. Using Census data from 1971 to 1986, this article reviews changes in government transfer payments.
Release date: 1990-08-24 - Articles and reports: 75-001-X199000384Geography: CanadaDescription:
Are areas of high unemployment worse off in good times than in bad times? This study compares unemployment rates of the most and least prosperous areas during the various economic cycles over the past 25 years.
Release date: 1990-08-24 - 23. Under the influence ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X199000385Geography: CanadaDescription:
Alcohol and drug abuse is one of the most important social issues in Canada today. Using results from the National Alcohol and Drug Survey, this article profiles the extent of alcohol and illegal drug use of Canadians by level of education, income and occupation.
Release date: 1990-08-24 - 24. Comments by Morris H. Hansen on papers in the Special section – History and emerging issues in censuses and surveys ArchivedArticles and reports: 12-001-X199000114561Description:
This note by Morris H. Hansen presents a discussion of the four papers in the special section “History and emerging issues in censuses and surveys” by: i) J.N.K. Rao and D.R. Bellhouse, ii) S.E. Fienberg and J.M. Tanur, iii) B.A. Bailar, and iv) L. Kish.
Release date: 1990-06-15 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199000114549Description:
In many government surveys, respondents are interviewed a set number of times during the life of the survey, a practice referred to as a rotation design or repeated sampling. Often composite estimation - where data from the current and earlier periods of time are combined - is used to measure the level of a characteristic of interest. As other authors have observed, composite estimation can be used in a rotation design to decrease the variance of estimators of change in level. In this paper, simple expressions are derived for the variance of a general class of composite estimators for level, change in level, and average level over time. Considered first are “one-level” rotation designs, where only the current month is referenced in the interview. Results are developed for any sampling pattern of m interviews over a period of M months. Subsequently, “multi-level” plans are addressed. In each month one of p different groups is interviewed. Respondents then answer questions referring to the previous p months. Results from the several sections apply to a wide range of government surveys.
Release date: 1990-06-15 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199000114550Description:
Modular Test 2 was a survey conducted by Statistics Canada that used two different questionnaires. Its purpose was to assist in the making of the 1991 census questionnaire. The sample used for the survey was not a probability sample. This article briefly describes the survey methodology, and the use of randomization tests to compare the two questionnaires.
Release date: 1990-06-15 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199000114551Description:
The problem of collapsing the imputation classes defined by a large number of cross-classifications of auxiliary variables is considered. A solution based on cluster analysis to reduce the number of levels of auxiliary variables to a reasonably small number of imputation classes is proposed. The motivation and solution of this general problem are illustrated by the imputation of age in the Hospital Morbidity System where auxiliary variables are sex and diagnosis.
Release date: 1990-06-15 - 28. Does the method matter on sensitive survey topics? ArchivedArticles and reports: 12-001-X199000114552Description:
The effects of utilizing a self-administered questionnaire or a personal interview procedure on the responses of an adolescent sample on their alcohol consumption and related behaviors are examined. The results are generally supportive of previous studies on the relationship between the method of data collection and the distribution of responses with sensitive or non-normative content. Although of significance in a statistical sense, many of the differences are not of sufficient magnitude to be considered significant in a substantive sense.
Release date: 1990-06-15 - 29. Sample design of the 1988 National Farm Survey ArchivedArticles and reports: 12-001-X199000114553Description:
The National Farm Survey is a sample survey which produces annual estimates on a variety of subjects related to agriculture in Canada. The 1988 survey was conducted using a new sample design. This design involved multiple sampling frames and multivariate sampling techniques different from those of the previous design. This article first describes the strategy and methods used to develop the new sample design, then gives details on factors affecting the precision of the estimates. Finally, the performance of the new design is assessed using the 1988 survey results.
Release date: 1990-06-15 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199000114554Description:
The problem considered is that of estimation of the total of a finite population which is stratified at two levels: a deeper level which has low intrastratum variability but is not known until the first phase of sampling, and a known pre-stratification which is relatively effective, unit by unit, in predicting the deeper post-stratification. As an important example, the post-stratification may define two groups corresponding to responders and non-responders in the situation of two-phase sampling for non-response. The estimators of Vardeman and Meeden (1984) are employed in a variety of situations where different types of prior information are assumed. In a general case, the standard error relative to that of the usual methods is studied via simulation. In the situation where no prior information is available and where proportional sampling is employed, the estimator is unbiased and its variance is approximated. Here, the variance is always lower than that of the usual double sampling for stratification. Also, without prior information, but with non-proportional sampling, using a slight modification of the second phase sampling plan, an unbiased estimator is found along with its variance, an unbiased estimator of its variance, and an optimal allocation scheme for the two phases of sampling. Finally, applications of these methods are discussed.
Release date: 1990-06-15
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-604-M1991011Description:
The Canadian System of National Accounts (CSNA) has evolved considerably over the past four decades. This article presents a brief account of the relationship between this system, as it stands today, and the international standard for national accounting, which has been established by the United Nations. The major similarities and differences between the two systems are highlighted. The paper then goes on to briefly summarize the present state of discussions concerning revisions to the international SNA standard.
Release date: 1990-11-30 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13-604-M1990006Description:
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a key measure in the System of National Accounts, as well as an indispensable tool for economic analysis. This variable is available in current dollars or, in other words, expressed in the prices of the period to which each estimate applies. Two distinct parts exist within this current dollar measure: a volume component and a price component. This article focusses on the measure of GDP which expresses the volume of transactions in the economy (i.e., GDP expressed in real terms).
Release date: 1990-06-20
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