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81. Estimates of Research and Development Personnel in Canada, 1979 to 2002 Archived
Articles and reports: 88F0006X2005008
Description:
Canada's economic growth and competitiveness depends on scientific and technological development and also on the people responsible for this development, especially those engaged in research and development (R&D). The number of R&D personnel is a supplementary measure to the statistics on intramural expenditures on R&D. In this report we shall present some statistical estimates and definitions concerning R&D personnel. Data on R&D personnel are derived from surveys and from estimates based on various data sources.
Release date: 2005-05-03
82. Measuring Adult Literacy and Life Skills: New Frameworks for Assessment Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-552-M2005013
Geography: Canada
Description:
This report documents key aspects of the development of the International Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL) - its theoretical roots, the domains selected for possible assessment, the approaches taken to assessment in each domain and the criteria that were employed to decide which domains were to be carried in the final design. As conceived, the ALL survey was meant to build on the success of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) assessments by extending the range of skills assessed and by improving the quality of the assessment methods employed. This report documents several successes including: · the development of a new framework and associated robust measures for problem solving · the development of a powerful numeracy framework and associated robust measures · the specification of frameworks for practical cognition, teamwork and information and communication technology literacy The report also provides insight into those domains where development failed to yield approaches to assessment of sufficient quality, insight that reminds us that scientific advance in this domain is hard won.
Release date: 2005-03-24
83. An analysis of classification error for the revised Current Population Survey Employment questions Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X20040027747
Description:
The reduced accuracy of the revised classification of unemployed persons in the Current Population Survey (CPS) was documented in Biemer and Bushery (2000). In this paper, we provide additional evidence of this anomaly and attempt to trace the source of the error through extended analysis of the CPS data before and after the redesign. The paper presents an novel approach decomposing the error in a complex classification process, such as the CPS labor force status classification, using Markov Latent Class Analysis (MLCA). To identify the cause of the apparent reduction in unemployed classification accuracy, we identify the key question components that determine the classifications and estimate the contribution of each of these question components to the total error in the classification process. This work provides guidance for further investigation into the root causes of the errors in the collection of labor force data in the CPS possibly through cognitive laboratory and/or field experiments.
Release date: 2005-02-03
84. Future challenges for methodology for official statistics Archived
Articles and reports: 11-522-X20030017699
Description:
This paper illustrates the link between the strategic needs of a national statistical office (NSO) and the methodological needs that this generates.
Release date: 2005-01-26
85. A Comparison of Canadian and U.S. Productivity Levels: An Exploration of Measurement Issues Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0027M2005028
Geography: Canada
Description:
This paper examines the level of labour productivity in Canada relative to that of the United States in 1999. In doing so, it addresses two main issues. The first is the comparability of the measures of GDP and labour inputs that the statistical agency in each country produces. Second, it investigates how a price index can be constructed to reconcile estimates of Canadian and U.S. GDP per hour worked that are calculated in Canadian and U.S. dollars respectively. After doing so, and taking into account alternative assumptions about Canada/U.S. prices, the paper provides point estimates of Canada's relative labour productivity of the total economy of around 93% that of the United States. The paper points out that at least a 10 percentage point confidence interval should be applied to these estimates. The size of the range is particularly sensitive to assumptions that are made about import and export prices.
Release date: 2005-01-20
86. Exploration of Methodological Issues in the Development of the Market Basket Measure of Low Income for Human Resources Development Canada Archived
Articles and reports: 75F0002M2004001
Description:
The purpose of this document is to describe the detailed methodology and assumptions behind the construction of the market basket measure (MBM) of low income. Also this document will raise some issues and highlight some data limitations related to the MBM.
The MBM represents the cost of a basket that includes a nutritious diet, clothing and footwear, shelter, transportation, and other necessary goods and services (such as personal care items or household supplies).
The MBM methodology was developed by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Working Group on Social Development Research and Information for Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC).
Release date: 2004-02-04
87. Coverage error in population censuses: The case of Turkey Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X20030026780
Description:
Coverage errors and other coverage issues related to the population censuses are examined in the light of the recent literature. Especially, when the actual population census count of persons are matched with their corresponding post enumeration survey counts, the aggregated results in a dual record system setting can provide some coverage error statistics.
In this paper, the coverage error issues are evaluated and alternative solutions are discussed in the light of the results from the latest Population Census of Turkey. By using the Census and post enumeration survey data, regional comparison of census coverage was also made and has shown greater variability among regions. Some methodological remarks are also made on the possible improvements on the current enumeration procedures.
Release date: 2004-01-27
88. Measuring concentration of R&D spending by industry Archived
Articles and reports: 88-003-X20030036655
Geography: Canada
Description:
Although there were over 8,000 companies in Canada reporting research and development (R&D) expenditures in 2000, only 30 of these accounted for over half of all business R&D spending. The result is that only a small number of companies in key industries have a significant impact on Canada's total $11.4 billion business R&D spending. The highest levels of concentration of R&D spending were found in the communications equipment manufacturing sector, while computer systems design and related services showed the lowest.
Release date: 2003-10-20
89. Life Cycle Bias in the Estimation of Intergenerational Earnings Persistence Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11F0019M2003207
Geography: Canada
Description:
The estimation of intergenerational earnings mobility is rife with measurement problems since the research does not observe permanent, lifetime earnings. Nearly all studies make corrections for mean variation in earnings because of the age differences among respondents. Recent works employ average earnings or instrumental variable methods to address the effects of measurement error as a result of transitory earnings shocks and mis-reporting. However, empirical studies of intergenerational mobility have paid no attention to the changes in earnings variance across the life cycle suggested by economic models of human capital investment.
Using information from the Intergenerational Income Data from Canada and the National Longitudinal Survey and Panel Study of Income Dynamics from the United States, this study finds a strong association between age at observation and estimated earnings persistence. Part of this age-dependence is related to a general increase in transitory earnings variance during the collection of data. An independent effect of life cycle investment is also identified. These findings are then applied to the variation among intergenerational earnings persistence studies. Among studies with similar methodologies, one-third of the variance in published estimates of earnings persistence is attributable to cross-study differences in the age of responding fathers. Finally, these results call into question tests for the importance of credit constraints based on measures of earnings at different points in the life cycle.
Release date: 2003-08-05
90. A discussion of the emerging nanotechnology Archived
Articles and reports: 88-003-X20030026561
Geography: Canada
Description:
Nanotechnology is an emerging technology. Has it reached the point that warrants the development of a comprehensive statistical measurement program? If so, what indicators should be used? Major spending initiatives in nanotechnology investing are currently underway. There is precedence for using developed methods and techniques to address the questions 'who,' 'what,' 'where' and 'why.' Statistics Canada's experience may be invaluable in the development of a nanotechnology statistical program.
Release date: 2003-06-27

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1. Canadian Health Measures Survey: Cycle 2 Data Tables
Table: 82-626-X
Description:
This publication provides data users, health professionals and individual Canadians with a tabular overview of results from cycle 2 of the Canadian Health Measures Survey. The data were collected from August 2009 to November 2011. The publication presents a compilation of tables produced at the Canada level, by sex and age groups for various directly measured health measures. Additional tables will be added as a result of future data releases.
Release date: 2013-04-17
2. Income in Canada Archived
Table: 75-202-X
Description:
Income in Canada is an annual analytical report which summarizes the economic well-being of Canadians. It includes an extensive collection of income statistics, covering topics such as income distribution, income tax, government transfers, and low income back to 1976. The data prior to 1993 are drawn from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF). Beginning with 1998, the data are taken from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamnics (SLID). For the 1993 to 1997 period, estimates are based on a combined sample from SCF and SLID.
Income in Canada provides a complete list of the tables and directions for getting started. It also contains links to the background information on the survey, including content and methodology, and other SLID data products and services.
With this release, users now have free access to the 202 CANSIM Series tables. Tables are accessible using a PC or Mac via the web browser.
Release date: 2012-06-18
3. Canadian Health Measures Survey: Cycle 1 Data Tables Archived
Table: 82-623-X
Description:
This publication provides data users, health professionals and individual Canadians with a tabular overview of results from cycle 1 of the Canadian Health Measures Survey. The data were collected from March 2007 to March 2009. The publication presents a compilation of tables produced at the Canada level, by sex and age groups for various directly measured health measures. Additional tables will be added as a result of future data releases.
Release date: 2010-08-16

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1. Evaluating the psychometric properties of the parent-rated Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in a nationally representative sample of Canadian children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years
Articles and reports: 82-003-X202000800002
Description:
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the parent-rated Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire with a nationally representative sample of Canadian children and adolescents.

Release date: 2020-08-19
2. The Measurement of Firm Entry in the Longitudinal Employment Analysis Program Archived
Articles and reports: 11-633-X2016004
Description:
Understanding the importance of the dynamic entry process in the Canadian economy involves measuring the amount and size of firm entry. The paper presents estimates of the importance of firm entry in Canada. It uses the database underlying the Longitudinal Employment Analysis Program (LEAP), which has produced measures of firm entry and exit since 1988. This paper discusses the methodology used to estimate entry and exit, the issues that had to be resolved and the reasons for choosing the particular solutions that were adopted. It then presents measures that are derived from LEAP. Finally, it analyzes the sensitivity of the estimates associated with LEAP to alternative methods of estimating entry and exit.
Release date: 2016-11-10
3. Dealing with small sample sizes, rotation group bias and discontinuities in a rotating panel design Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X201500214231
Description:
Rotating panels are widely applied by national statistical institutes, for example, to produce official statistics about the labour force. Estimation procedures are generally based on traditional design-based procedures known from classical sampling theory. A major drawback of this class of estimators is that small sample sizes result in large standard errors and that they are not robust for measurement bias. Two examples showing the effects of measurement bias are rotation group bias in rotating panels, and systematic differences in the outcome of a survey due to a major redesign of the underlying process. In this paper we apply a multivariate structural time series model to the Dutch Labour Force Survey to produce model-based figures about the monthly labour force. The model reduces the standard errors of the estimates by taking advantage of sample information collected in previous periods, accounts for rotation group bias and autocorrelation induced by the rotating panel, and models discontinuities due to a survey redesign. Additionally, we discuss the use of correlated auxiliary series in the model to further improve the accuracy of the model estimates. The method is applied by Statistics Netherlands to produce accurate official monthly statistics about the labour force that are consistent over time, despite a redesign of the survey process.
Release date: 2015-12-17
4. Measuring Employment and Unemployment in Canada and the United States – A comparison Archived
Articles and reports: 75-005-M2015002
Description:
This report provides information to users who wish to compare employment and unemployment estimates from the Canadian surveys (LFS and SEPH) and American surveys (CPS and CES). The aspects covered include concepts, methods, seasonal adjustment, timeliness, revisions and main uses.
Release date: 2015-10-09
5. Measuring temporary employment. Do survey or register data tell the truth? Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X201500114151
Description:
One of the main variables in the Dutch Labour Force Survey is the variable measuring whether a respondent has a permanent or a temporary job. The aim of our study is to determine the measurement error in this variable by matching the information obtained by the longitudinal part of this survey with unique register data from the Dutch Institute for Employee Insurance. Contrary to previous approaches confronting such datasets, we take into account that also register data are not error-free and that measurement error in these data is likely to be correlated over time. More specifically, we propose the estimation of the measurement error in these two sources using an extended hidden Markov model with two observed indicators for the type of contract. Our results indicate that none of the two sources should be considered as error-free. For both indicators, we find that workers in temporary contracts are often misclassified as having a permanent contract. Particularly for the register data, we find that measurement errors are strongly autocorrelated, as, if made, they tend to repeat themselves. In contrast, when the register is correct, the probability of an error at the next time period is almost zero. Finally, we find that temporary contracts are more widespread than the Labour Force Survey suggests, while transition rates between temporary to permanent contracts are much less common than both datasets suggest.
Release date: 2015-06-29
6. Measuring ecosystem goods and services in Canada Archived
Articles and reports: 16-201-X201300011875
Description:
The article "Measuring ecosystem goods and services in Canada" presents preliminary results achieved through a two-year interdepartmental project to develop experimental ecosystem accounts and the required statistical infrastructure. It provides an overview of ecosystem accounting and valuation and presents several measures of the quantity and quality of ecosystems and ecosystem goods and services (EGS). These measures focus on land cover, human landscape modification, ecosystem potential of the boreal forest, biomass extraction, marine and coastal EGS, and wetland EGS. The report also includes a case study on the Thousand Islands National Park exploring monetary valuation of EGS and concludes with a research agenda for future work on this topic.

Release date: 2013-11-29
7. Low Income Lines, 2011-2012 Archived
Articles and reports: 75F0002M2013002
Description:
In order to provide a holographic or complete picture of low income, Statistics Canada uses three complementary low income lines: the Low Income Cut-offs (LICOs), the Low Income Measures (LIMs) and the Market Basket Measure (MBM). While the first two lines were developed by Statistics Canada, the MBM is based on concepts developed by Human Resources and Skill Development Canada. Though these measures differ from one another, they give a generally consistent picture of low income status over time. None of these measures is the best. Each contributes its own perspective and its own strengths to the study of low income, so that cumulatively, the three provide a better understanding of the phenomenon of low income as a whole. These measures are not measures of poverty, but strictly measures of low income.
Release date: 2013-06-27
8. Measures of language outcomes using the Aboriginal Children's Survey Archived
Articles and reports: 82-003-X201300111765
Geography: Canada
Description:
This study describes how items collected from parents/guardians for a nationally representative sample of Aboriginal children (off reserve) as part of the 2006 Aboriginal Children's Survey could be used as language indicators.
Release date: 2013-01-16
9. Iron sufficiency of Canadians Archived
Articles and reports: 82-003-X201200411742
Geography: Canada
Description:
This study uses data from cycle 2 (2009 to 2011) of the Canadian Health Measures Survey to update estimates of the iron status of Canadians. These data allow for the examination of associations between selected socio-demographic and health variables and measures of iron status.
Release date: 2012-11-21
10. Measuring the Economic Output of the Education Sector in the National Accounts Archived
Articles and reports: 11F0027M2012080
Geography: Canada
Description:
This research paper constructs two experimental measures of the economic output of the education sector for Canada: an income-based measure and a cost-based measure. The measures differ from the existing measure currently used in the National Accounts, which is based on the volume of total input, and can be used to examine the productivity performance of the education sector. Both approaches are predicated on the notion that the output of the education sector represents investment in human capital. The income-based approach measures investment in education as increments in the future stream of earnings arising from education. The cost-based approach measures investment as total expenditures related to education.
Release date: 2012-10-18

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21. Mobility matrices and computation of associated precision Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11-522-X19980015023
Description:
The study of social mobility, between labour market statuses or between income levels, for example, is often based on the analysis of mobility matrices. When comparing these transition matrices, with a view to evaluating behavioural changes, one often forgets that the data derive from a sample survey and are therefore affected by sampling variances. Similarly, it is assumed that the responses collected correspond to the ' true value.'
Release date: 1999-10-22
22. Marginal models for repeated observations: Inference with survey data Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 11-522-X19980015029
Description:
In longitudinal surveys, sample subjects are observed over several time points. This feature typically leads to dependent observations on the same subject, in addition to the customary correlations across subjects induced by the sample design. Much research in the literature has focussed on modeling the marginal mean of a response as a function of covariates. Liang and Zeger (1986) used generalized estimating equations (GEE), requiring only correct specification of the marginal mean, and obtained standard errors of regression parameter estimates and associated Wald tests, assuming a "working" correlation structure for the repeated measurements on a sample subject. Rotnitzky and Jewell (1990) developed quasi-score tests and Rao-Scott adjustments to "working" quasi-score tests under marginal models. These methods are asymptotically robust to misspecification of the within-subject correlation structure, but assume independence of sample subjects which is not satisfied for complex longitudinal survey data based on stratified multi-stage sampling. We proposed asymptotically valid Wald and quasi-score tests for longitudinal survey data, using the Taylor Linearization and jackknife methods. Alternative tests, based on Rao-Scott adjustments to naive tests that ignore survey design features and on Bonferroni-t, are also developed. These tests are particularly useful when the effective degrees of freedom, usually taken as the total number of sample primary units (clusters) minus the number of strata, is small.
Release date: 1999-10-22
23. Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) Geography and Its Impact on Low Income Measurement Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75F0002M1997009
Description:
This working presents the nature and uses of the geographic structure used by the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) and explains how statistics on low income are dependent on geographical concepts. It also describes the methodology for deriving geographic data for the Wave 1 (1993 reference year) SLID files, and improvements made for the Wave 2 (1994 reference year) release.
Release date: 1997-12-31
24. Alternative measures of unemployment Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75-001-X1992004140
Geography: Canada
Description:
This study illustrates quarterly trends in unemployment rates based on alternative measures. By all of the indicators studies there was an overall increase in unemployment during the early 1990s.
Release date: 1992-12-01

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