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- 1. Changes in parents' participation in domestic tasks and care for children from 1986 to 2015 ArchivedArticles and reports: 89-652-X2017001Description:
This article compares Canadians fathers' and mothers' participation in domestic tasks and care to children for the past 30 years. The results are based on data from the 2015 and 1986 General Social Survey on Time Use.
Release date: 2017-06-01 - 2. How do teenagers spend their days? ArchivedArticles and reports: 89-630-X200800110673Geography: CanadaDescription:
Teenagers are not sitting in front of the television all day, but they are keeping busy at other activities! The General Social Survey (GSS) collected time use data in 1986, 1992, 1998 and 2005. Time-use data examines time use over a 24 hour period on a diary day. The analysis in this fact sheet looks at time use by participation rate (number of people reporting an activity) and by the number of minutes spent on an activity. The data show that teenagers aged 15 to 19 were spending less time in front of the television but were spending more time working at a paid job and using the Internet in 2005.
Release date: 2008-09-11 - 3. Overview of the Time Use of Canadians ArchivedTable: 12F0080XDescription:
This publication presents a series of tabulations produced from the General Social Survey on time use of Canadians. It includes information on average amounts of time spent on various activities by sex, by age, by selected role groups.
Release date: 2006-07-12 - 4. Living Longer, Living Better ArchivedArticles and reports: 89-584-M2004006Geography: CanadaDescription:
In the face of increasing life expectancy, population aging and feminization of the older population, historic lack of interest in the latter stages of the life course has given way to a more intense focus on later life transitions such as widowhood and shifting living arrangements. In this paper we examine the reallocation of daily activities and change in attitudes of Canadians that occur with the passages associated with living longer.
Release date: 2004-09-09 - 5. Disability Supports in Canada, 2001 - Tables ArchivedTable: 89-581-XDescription:
The 2001 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) is a post-censal survey of adults and children who are limited because of a physical condition or health problem. A sample of those persons who answered "Yes" to the 2001 Census disability filter questions were included in the PALS survey population. Approximately 35,000 adults and 8,000 children living in private or collective households in the 10 provinces were selected to participate in the survey. The data were collected in the fall of 2001.
These tables contain data on the use of and need for supports for adults with disabilities, by sex and age groups, for Canada and the provinces.
Note: For a detailed analysis, please see the document A Profile of Disability in Canada, 2001 (Catalogue no. 89-577-XIE).
Release date: 2003-03-25 - Articles and reports: 11-008-X20020016195Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article compares the activities and time use of Canadians aged 25 to 54 in high- and low-income households.
Release date: 2002-06-11 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 71F0023X1999001Description:
This paper is an overview of the activities undertaken by Statistics Canada over the past several decades in the field of measuring and valuing unpaid work in all of its many forms. It was first prepared in the early 1990s when the Agency's accomplishments in the field of unpaid work were not as widely known as Statistics Canada would have liked. With each significant new achievement of the Agency, this note has been updated and further updates will be produced in step with the Agency's continuing outputs in this important area.
Release date: 1999-01-28 - 8. Who needs short-term help? ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X19980023924Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article looks at those who receive help because of a temporarily difficult time
Release date: 1998-09-15 - 9. General Social Survey, Cycle 11: Social and Community Support (1996) - Public Use Microdata File ArchivedPublic use microdata: 12M0011XGeography: Province or territoryDescription:
Cycle 11 collected data from persons 15 years and older and concentrated on help given or received during temporary difficult times or out of necessity due to long-term health or physical limitations in daily activities either inside or outside the household. The target population of the General Social Survey consisted of all individuals aged 15 and over living in a private household in one of the ten provinces.
Release date: 1998-08-28 - Public use microdata: 12M0010XDescription:
Cycle 10 collected data from persons 15 years and older and concentrated on the respondent's family. Topics covered include marital history, common- law unions, biological, adopted and step children, family origins, child leaving and fertility intentions.
The target population of the GSS (General Social Survey) consisted of all individuals aged 15 and over living in a private household in one of the ten provinces.
Release date: 1997-02-28
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- 1. Overview of the Time Use of Canadians ArchivedTable: 12F0080XDescription:
This publication presents a series of tabulations produced from the General Social Survey on time use of Canadians. It includes information on average amounts of time spent on various activities by sex, by age, by selected role groups.
Release date: 2006-07-12 - 2. Disability Supports in Canada, 2001 - Tables ArchivedTable: 89-581-XDescription:
The 2001 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) is a post-censal survey of adults and children who are limited because of a physical condition or health problem. A sample of those persons who answered "Yes" to the 2001 Census disability filter questions were included in the PALS survey population. Approximately 35,000 adults and 8,000 children living in private or collective households in the 10 provinces were selected to participate in the survey. The data were collected in the fall of 2001.
These tables contain data on the use of and need for supports for adults with disabilities, by sex and age groups, for Canada and the provinces.
Note: For a detailed analysis, please see the document A Profile of Disability in Canada, 2001 (Catalogue no. 89-577-XIE).
Release date: 2003-03-25 - 3. General Social Survey, Cycle 11: Social and Community Support (1996) - Public Use Microdata File ArchivedPublic use microdata: 12M0011XGeography: Province or territoryDescription:
Cycle 11 collected data from persons 15 years and older and concentrated on help given or received during temporary difficult times or out of necessity due to long-term health or physical limitations in daily activities either inside or outside the household. The target population of the General Social Survey consisted of all individuals aged 15 and over living in a private household in one of the ten provinces.
Release date: 1998-08-28 - Public use microdata: 12M0010XDescription:
Cycle 10 collected data from persons 15 years and older and concentrated on the respondent's family. Topics covered include marital history, common- law unions, biological, adopted and step children, family origins, child leaving and fertility intentions.
The target population of the GSS (General Social Survey) consisted of all individuals aged 15 and over living in a private household in one of the ten provinces.
Release date: 1997-02-28 - Public use microdata: 89M0013XDescription:
This public use microdata file provides unaggregated data on the Aboriginal adult population - those who identify with their Aboriginal origin(s) and those who do not. For persons who identify, it contains almost 700 variables from the 1991 survey, such as, the group with which they identify, language proficiency, disability, chronic health conditions, schooling, work experience and the 1991 Census variables such as, income levels, marital status, fertility. The same census variables are provided for the population who does not identify.
Release date: 1995-06-30
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- 1. Changes in parents' participation in domestic tasks and care for children from 1986 to 2015 ArchivedArticles and reports: 89-652-X2017001Description:
This article compares Canadians fathers' and mothers' participation in domestic tasks and care to children for the past 30 years. The results are based on data from the 2015 and 1986 General Social Survey on Time Use.
Release date: 2017-06-01 - 2. How do teenagers spend their days? ArchivedArticles and reports: 89-630-X200800110673Geography: CanadaDescription:
Teenagers are not sitting in front of the television all day, but they are keeping busy at other activities! The General Social Survey (GSS) collected time use data in 1986, 1992, 1998 and 2005. Time-use data examines time use over a 24 hour period on a diary day. The analysis in this fact sheet looks at time use by participation rate (number of people reporting an activity) and by the number of minutes spent on an activity. The data show that teenagers aged 15 to 19 were spending less time in front of the television but were spending more time working at a paid job and using the Internet in 2005.
Release date: 2008-09-11 - 3. Living Longer, Living Better ArchivedArticles and reports: 89-584-M2004006Geography: CanadaDescription:
In the face of increasing life expectancy, population aging and feminization of the older population, historic lack of interest in the latter stages of the life course has given way to a more intense focus on later life transitions such as widowhood and shifting living arrangements. In this paper we examine the reallocation of daily activities and change in attitudes of Canadians that occur with the passages associated with living longer.
Release date: 2004-09-09 - Articles and reports: 11-008-X20020016195Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article compares the activities and time use of Canadians aged 25 to 54 in high- and low-income households.
Release date: 2002-06-11 - 5. Who needs short-term help? ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X19980023924Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article looks at those who receive help because of a temporarily difficult time
Release date: 1998-09-15
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 71F0023X1999001Description:
This paper is an overview of the activities undertaken by Statistics Canada over the past several decades in the field of measuring and valuing unpaid work in all of its many forms. It was first prepared in the early 1990s when the Agency's accomplishments in the field of unpaid work were not as widely known as Statistics Canada would have liked. With each significant new achievement of the Agency, this note has been updated and further updates will be produced in step with the Agency's continuing outputs in this important area.
Release date: 1999-01-28
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