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- 1. Factors associated with voting ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X201200111629Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article investigates the factors associated with voting during the May 2011 federal election. Voting rates are examined across personal, family and labour market characteristics. Multivariate techniques are used to account for many of the characteristics associated with voting. The study is based on several supplemental questions, commissioned by Elections Canada, that were added to the May Labour Force Survey. Voting trends and international comparisons, based on administrative data, are also presented.
Release date: 2012-02-24 - 2. Ethical consumption ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X201100111399Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article uses data from the General Social Survey (GSS) from 2003 and 2008 to explore consumers' propensity to choose some products and boycott others based on ethical criteria. It compares the evolution of citizens' ethical consumption to other types of political participation. It also provides information on the persons most likely to choose or boycott a product for ethical reasons.
Release date: 2011-01-25 - Articles and reports: 56F0004M2008016Geography: CanadaDescription:
The Internet's rapid and profound entry into our lives quite understandably makes people wonder how, both individually and collectively, we have been affected by it. When major shifts in technology use occur, utopian and dystopian views of their impact on society often abound, reflecting their disruptiveness and people's concerns. Given its complex uses, the Internet, both as a technology and as an environment, has had both beneficial and deleterious effects. Above all, though, it has had transformative effects.
Are Canadians becoming more isolated, more reclusive and less integrated in their communities as they use the Internet? Or, are they becoming more participatory and more integrated in their communities? In addition, do these communities still resemble traditional communities, or are they becoming more like social networks than cohesive groups?
To address these questions, this article organizes, analyzes and presents existing Canadian evidence. It uses survey results and research amassed by Statistics Canada and the Connected Lives project in Toronto to explore the role of the Internet in social engagement and the opportunities it represents for Canadians to be active citizens. It finds that Internet users are at least as socially engaged as non-users. They have large networks and frequent interactions with friends and family, although they tend to spend somewhat less in-person time and, of course, more time online. An appreciable number of Internet users are civically and politically engaged, using the Internet to find out about opportunities and make contact with others.
Release date: 2008-12-04 - Articles and reports: 11-008-X20060089610Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study examines the frequency with which Canadians follow news and current affairs, the variety of media sources they use and whether this affects their level of civic participation, as measured by involvement in non-voting political activities.
Release date: 2007-06-19 - Articles and reports: 11-008-X20070029646Geography: CanadaDescription:
Researchers believe that the factors which influence whether or not a person will participate in the political arena can be classified into four main categories: socio-demographic characteristics, sense of mastery, political socialization, and news consumption. This article uses the 2003 General Social Survey to identify the relative importance of these different factors on the probability of engaging in non-voting political activity.
Release date: 2007-06-19 - 6. The Influence of Education on Civic Engagement: Differences Across Canada's Rural-Urban Spectrum ArchivedArticles and reports: 21-006-X2006001Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study presents the first detailed assessment of how the education level/civic engagement nexus is influenced by the rural/urban setting.
Release date: 2006-07-17 - Articles and reports: 11-008-X20050038965Geography: CanadaDescription:
Young adults are often viewed as uninterested in political activity. This article outlines the extent of political engagement among young adults in their 20s, as measured by traditional (voting) and alternative (non-voting) political participation. It then examines some of the links between young adults' selected characteristics and their political behaviours such as voting, signing petitions, boycotting certain products, attending public meetings or participating in demonstrations.
Release date: 2005-12-06 - 8. Social Engagement and Civic Participation: Are Rural and Small Town Populations Really at an Advantage? ArchivedArticles and reports: 21-006-X2005004Geography: CanadaDescription:
This bulletin uses General Social Survey (GSS), cycle 17 data to examine various aspects of social engagement, social cohesion and social participation.
Release date: 2005-06-21 - 9. Vox populi: Canadians who speak up ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X20020026347Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article uses the 2000 General Social Survey to identify the basic characteristics of those Canadians who speak in a public forum.
Release date: 2002-09-17
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- 1. Factors associated with voting ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X201200111629Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article investigates the factors associated with voting during the May 2011 federal election. Voting rates are examined across personal, family and labour market characteristics. Multivariate techniques are used to account for many of the characteristics associated with voting. The study is based on several supplemental questions, commissioned by Elections Canada, that were added to the May Labour Force Survey. Voting trends and international comparisons, based on administrative data, are also presented.
Release date: 2012-02-24 - 2. Ethical consumption ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X201100111399Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article uses data from the General Social Survey (GSS) from 2003 and 2008 to explore consumers' propensity to choose some products and boycott others based on ethical criteria. It compares the evolution of citizens' ethical consumption to other types of political participation. It also provides information on the persons most likely to choose or boycott a product for ethical reasons.
Release date: 2011-01-25 - Articles and reports: 56F0004M2008016Geography: CanadaDescription:
The Internet's rapid and profound entry into our lives quite understandably makes people wonder how, both individually and collectively, we have been affected by it. When major shifts in technology use occur, utopian and dystopian views of their impact on society often abound, reflecting their disruptiveness and people's concerns. Given its complex uses, the Internet, both as a technology and as an environment, has had both beneficial and deleterious effects. Above all, though, it has had transformative effects.
Are Canadians becoming more isolated, more reclusive and less integrated in their communities as they use the Internet? Or, are they becoming more participatory and more integrated in their communities? In addition, do these communities still resemble traditional communities, or are they becoming more like social networks than cohesive groups?
To address these questions, this article organizes, analyzes and presents existing Canadian evidence. It uses survey results and research amassed by Statistics Canada and the Connected Lives project in Toronto to explore the role of the Internet in social engagement and the opportunities it represents for Canadians to be active citizens. It finds that Internet users are at least as socially engaged as non-users. They have large networks and frequent interactions with friends and family, although they tend to spend somewhat less in-person time and, of course, more time online. An appreciable number of Internet users are civically and politically engaged, using the Internet to find out about opportunities and make contact with others.
Release date: 2008-12-04 - Articles and reports: 11-008-X20060089610Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study examines the frequency with which Canadians follow news and current affairs, the variety of media sources they use and whether this affects their level of civic participation, as measured by involvement in non-voting political activities.
Release date: 2007-06-19 - Articles and reports: 11-008-X20070029646Geography: CanadaDescription:
Researchers believe that the factors which influence whether or not a person will participate in the political arena can be classified into four main categories: socio-demographic characteristics, sense of mastery, political socialization, and news consumption. This article uses the 2003 General Social Survey to identify the relative importance of these different factors on the probability of engaging in non-voting political activity.
Release date: 2007-06-19 - 6. The Influence of Education on Civic Engagement: Differences Across Canada's Rural-Urban Spectrum ArchivedArticles and reports: 21-006-X2006001Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study presents the first detailed assessment of how the education level/civic engagement nexus is influenced by the rural/urban setting.
Release date: 2006-07-17 - Articles and reports: 11-008-X20050038965Geography: CanadaDescription:
Young adults are often viewed as uninterested in political activity. This article outlines the extent of political engagement among young adults in their 20s, as measured by traditional (voting) and alternative (non-voting) political participation. It then examines some of the links between young adults' selected characteristics and their political behaviours such as voting, signing petitions, boycotting certain products, attending public meetings or participating in demonstrations.
Release date: 2005-12-06 - 8. Social Engagement and Civic Participation: Are Rural and Small Town Populations Really at an Advantage? ArchivedArticles and reports: 21-006-X2005004Geography: CanadaDescription:
This bulletin uses General Social Survey (GSS), cycle 17 data to examine various aspects of social engagement, social cohesion and social participation.
Release date: 2005-06-21 - 9. Vox populi: Canadians who speak up ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X20020026347Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article uses the 2000 General Social Survey to identify the basic characteristics of those Canadians who speak in a public forum.
Release date: 2002-09-17
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