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  • 141. Applications of spatial smoothing to survey data Archived
    Articles and reports: 12-001-X19960022984
    Description:

    In this paper we present two applications of spatial smoothing using data collected in a large scale economic survey of Australian farms: one a small area and the other a large area application. In the small area application, we describe how the sample weigths can be spatially smoothed in order to improve small area estimates. In the large area application, we give a method for spatially smoothing and then mapping the survey data. The standard method of weighting in the survey is a variant of linear regression weighting. For the small area application, this method is modified by introducing a constraint on the spatial variability of the weights. Results from a small scale empirical study indicate that this decreases the variance of the small area estimators as expected, but at the cost of an increase in their bias. In the large area application, we describe the nonparametric regression method used to spatially smooth the survey data as well as techniques for mapping this smoothed data using a Geographic Information System (GIS) package. We also present the results of a simulation study conducted to determine the most appropriate method and level of smoothing for use in the maps.

    Release date: 1997-01-30
  • 142. Using data on interruptions in telephone service as coverage adjustments Archived
    Articles and reports: 12-001-X19960022985
    Description:

    Telephone surveys in the U.S. are subject to coverage bias because about 6 percent of all households do not have a telephone at any particular point in time. The bias resulting from this undercoverage can be important since those who do not have a telephone are generally poorer and have other characteristics that differ from the telephone population. Poststratification and the other usual methods of adjustment often do not fully compensate for this bias. This research examines a procedure for adjusting the survey estimates based on the observation that some households have a telephone for only part of the year, often due to economic circumstances. By collecting data on interruptions in telephone service in the past year, statistical adjustments of the estimates can be made which may reduce the bias in the estimates but which at the same time increase variances because of greater variability in weights. This paper considers a method of adjustment using data collected from a national telephone survey. Estimates of the reductions in bias and the effect on the mean square error of the estimates are computed for a variety of statistics. The results show that when the estimates from the survey are highly related to economic conditions the telephone interruption adjustment procedure can improve the mean square error of the estimates.

    Release date: 1997-01-30
  • 143. Optimal sample redesign under GREG in skewed populations with application Archived
    Articles and reports: 12-001-X19960022986
    Description:

    Within a survey re-engineering context, the combined methodology developed in the paper addresses the problem of finding the minimal sample size for the generalized regression estimator in skewed survey populations (e.g., business, institutional, agriculture populations). Three components necessary in identifying an efficient sample redesign strategy involve i) constructing an efficient partitioning between the “take-all” and “sampled” groups, ii) identifying an efficient sample selection scheme, and iii) finding the minimal sample size required to meet the desired precision constraint(s). A scheme named the “Transfer Algorithm” is devised to address the first issue (Pandher 1995) and is integrated with the other two components to arrive at a combined iterative procedure that converges to a globally minimal sample size and population partitioning under the imposed precision constraint. An equivalence result is obtained allowing the solution to the proposed algorithm to be alternatively determined in terms of simple quantities computable directly from the population auxiliary data. Results from the application of the proposed sample redesign methodology to the Local Government Survey in Ontario are reported. A 52% reduction in the total sample size is achieved for the regression estimator of the total at a minimum coefficient of variation of 2%.

    Release date: 1997-01-30
  • 144. After highschool...Initial results of the School Leavers Follow-up Survey, 1995 Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-003-X19960043221
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article previews the findings of the 1995 School Leavers Follow-up Survey. The information will interest people in areas such as education or youth employment: policy makers, community advocates, teachers, counsellors, administrators, and young people themselves. Included is basic information about the education, training and labour market experiences of youth during the first few years after leaving or graduating from high school. A comprehensive report on school-work transitions among youth will follow later in 1997.

    Release date: 1997-01-27
  • 145. International survey on adult literacy Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-003-X19960043222
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article outlines the aims and methodology of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) and provides a snapshot of scores for the participants in Canada, the United States and Germany.

    Release date: 1997-01-27
  • 146. Labour market dynamics in the teaching profession Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-003-X19960043223
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Unpredictability" and "transformation" are words often used to describe the contemporary labour market. Debate continues about the implications of the disruption of stable career and work patterns which were assumed to have been the norm in the Canadian workplace. Teaching, because it is the largest profession in Canada, is a useful venue for examining these labour market dynamics, especially transitions into and out of the profession. These entry and exit transitions, which are the central theme of this paper, are also of interest in a profession like teaching where university graduates have traditionally enjoyed a tight link to an established labour market.

    Release date: 1997-01-27
  • 147. Tourism in census metropolitan areas: New possibility for the Tourism Statistics Program Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-003-X19980013473
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Tourism is without question an important sector of the Canadian economy. In 1996, the tourism sector in Canada generated revenues which rose to a record level of $41.8 billion; 492,000 people were employed in the tourism sector.

    Release date: 1997-01-23
  • 148. Traveller Accommodation Survey - 1995-96 results Archived
    Stats in brief: 87-003-X19980013474
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The Traveller Accommodation Survey is by far the largest and most comprehensive survey of the traveller accommodation industry service industries. Since the redesign in 1992, the survey has continued to be expanded to include a collection of other business operating characteristics and marketing information to meet the needs of increased interests from outside users.

    Release date: 1997-01-23
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  • 1. Research and development (R&D) expenditures of private non-profit (pnp) organizations, 1996 Archived
    Stats in brief: 88-001-X19970137998
    Description:

    This release provides data on the Research and development activities of the private non-profit sector.

    Release date: 1997-12-18
  • 2. Research and development (R&D) expenditures for environmental protection (ep) in Canadian industry, 1995 Archived
    Stats in brief: 88-001-X19970128034
    Description: Industrial R&D expenditures for environmental protection represented 2% of total R&D expenditures in 1995. This small share, which has been maintained since 1990, is likely to be an underestimate due to those R&D investments mainly undertaken to improve production efficiency. In such cases, R&D expenditures on environmental protection would not be reported despite the additional benefits to the environment that may be achieved.
    Release date: 1997-11-24
  • 3. Research and development (R&D) personnel in Canada, 1986 to 1995 Archived
    Stats in brief: 88-001-X19970108000
    Description:

    Canada's economic competitiveness depends on scientific and technological development and also on the people responsible for this development, especially those engaged in research and development.

    Release date: 1997-11-06
  • 4. Estimation of research and development expenditures in the higher education sector, 1995-1996 Archived
    Stats in brief: 88-001-X19970098001
    Description:

    The Higher Education sector is composed of "all universities, colleges of technology and other institutes of post-secondary education, whatever their source of finance or legal status.

    Release date: 1997-08-20
  • 5. Total spending on research and development in Canada, 1986 to 1997, and provinces, 1986 to 1995 Archived
    Stats in brief: 88-001-X19970088002
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    Research and development is defined as creative work undertaken on a systematic basis to increase the stock of scientific and technical knowledge and to use this knowledge in new applications.

    Release date: 1997-08-15
  • 6. Software research and development (R&D) in Canadian industry, 1995 Archived
    Stats in brief: 88-001-X19970068027
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    In 1995, software research and development expenditures account for 36% of all industrial research and development performed.

    Release date: 1997-07-21
  • 7. Industrial research and development, 1993 to 1997 Archived
    Stats in brief: 88-001-X19970058005
    Description:

    The statistics presented in this bulletin are derived from our latest survey of industrial research and development activities in Canada.

    Release date: 1997-05-30
  • 8. Federal government expenditures on scientific activities, 1997-98 Archived
    Stats in brief: 88-001-X19970048006
    Description:

    This document provides recent information on the performance and funding of Federal Government Expenditures on Scientific Activities, 1997-98.

    Release date: 1997-05-07
  • 9. The provincial research organizations, 1995 Archived
    Stats in brief: 88-001-X19970038007
    Description:

    Statistics presented are derived from a survey of eight provincial research organizations: the InNOVAcorp (formerly the Nova Scotia Research Foundation Corporation), the New Brunswick Research and Productivity Council, the "Centre de recherche industrielle du Québec", ORTECH Corporation (Ontario), the Economic Innovation and Technology Council (Manitoba), the Saskatchewan Research Council, the Alberta Research Council and the NUNAVUT Research Institute (formerly the Science Institute of the Northwest Territories).

    Release date: 1997-04-11
  • 10. The effect of country of control on industrial research and development (R&D) performance in Canada, 1993 Archived
    Stats in brief: 88-001-X19970028008
    Description:

    The size of spending on research and development performed by a firm may be influenced by the size of the firm, the country of control, or the industry in which the firm operates.

    Release date: 1997-03-21
Articles and reports (134)

Articles and reports (134) (60 to 70 of 134 results)

  • 61. Geographic-based oversampling in demographic surveys of the United States Archived
    Articles and reports: 12-001-X19970013107
    Description:

    Often one of the key objectives of multi-purpose demographic surveys in the U.S. is to produce estimates for small domains of the population such as race, ethnicity, and income. Geographic-based oversampling is one of the techniques often considered for improving the reliability of the small domain statistics using block or block group information from the Bureau of the Census to identify areas where the small domains are concentrated. This paper reviews the issues involved in oversampling geographical areas in conjunction with household screening to improve the precision of small domain estimates. The results from an empirical evaluation of the variance reduction from geographic-based oversampling are given along with an assessment of the robustness of the sampling efficiency over time as information for stratification becomes out of date. The simultaneous oversampling of several small domains is also discussed.

    Release date: 1997-08-18
  • 62. A simple derivation of the linearization of the regression estimator Archived
    Articles and reports: 12-001-X19970013108
    Description:

    We show how the use of matrix calculus can simplify the derivation of the linearization of the regression coefficient estimator and the regression estimator.

    Release date: 1997-08-18
  • 63. Canadian crime statistics, 1996 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X19970088229
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Description:

    This report is an examination of crime data reported to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) survey during 1996. The data are presented within the context of both short and long term trends. Every year since 1962, Canada's police agencies have reported incidents that come to their attention to the UCR survey. Analyses in this report focus on trends in violent crime, property crime, impaired driving offences, drug offences and yotuth crime. Crime rates are examined at the national, provincial/territorial and major metropolitan levels. The trend in Canada's crime rate is put into perspective by comparing it with trends in police-reported crime form the United States and England and Wales. Also, comparisons between Canadian crime statistics and results from a recent victimization survey are drawn. Specific types of violent crime such as "home- invasions", wife assault and violent incidents involving weapons continue to be a concern to Canadians. Due to limits in the way crime statistics are collected from Canada's police agencies, it has traditionally been difficults to measure these areas. While national statistics are still unavailable, this Juristat will, for the first time, present trends for these crimes as reported by a sample of police agencies from 1993 to 1996.

    Release date: 1997-07-30
  • 64. Homicide in Canada, 1996 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X19970098284
    Geography: Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Description:

    Homicide tends to receive more media attention and consequently closer public scrutiny than any other criminal act. The act itself, especially if cruel in nature or targeting defenceless members of society, promotes fear in the general public. Despite a growing concern among Canadians about threats of attack or violence, the homicide rate has gradually been declining since the mid 1970s.

    Release date: 1997-07-30
  • 65. Divergent Inequalities - Theory and Empirical Results (Revised Edition) Archived
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M1997066
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Widely used summary measures of inequality or the "disappearing middle class" are potentially misleading. Divergences between evidence cited and conclusions drawn include failing to distinguish the concepts of inequality and polarization, and using scalar ôinequalityö measures which are not consistent with rankings based on Lorenz curves. In addition, inappropriate claims about trends in inequality can arise from focusing on only a sub-population such as full-time male workers, and failing to account for sampling variability. These divergences are illustrated using Canadian data on labour incomes over the 1967 to 1994 period.

    Release date: 1997-07-30
  • 66. Gender differences in abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X19970013055
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This aritcle analyzes abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgery rates by sex for inpatients of Canadian hospitals. Possible reasons for the observed gender differences in surgery rates are discussed.

    Release date: 1997-07-28
  • 67. Who doesn't get a mammogram? Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X19970013056
    Geography: Canada
    Description: This article examines the characteristics associated with getting or not getting a mammogram, focusing on women aged 50-59.
    Release date: 1997-07-28
  • 68. Update on breast cancer mortality, 1995 Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X19970013057
    Geography: Canada
    Description: This article updates recently published information on Canadian breast cancer mortality, highlighting a lower rate in 1995, a marked decline in the rate since 1990, and possible factors contributing to this trend.
    Release date: 1997-07-28
  • 69. Narrowing mortality gaps, 1978 to 1995 Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X19970013058
    Geography: Canada
    Description: This article examines the narrowing difference in life expectancy between men and women and among Canadian provincial populations in the context of trends in several major causes and risk factors.
    Release date: 1997-07-28
  • 70. Monthly and daily patterns of death Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X19970013059
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Using Canadian mortality data from 1974 to 1995, this article examines seasonal and daily patterns of death by cause.

    Release date: 1997-07-28
Journals and periodicals (3)

Journals and periodicals (3) ((3 results))

  • 1. Employee Training: An International Perspective (Highlights) Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 89F0096X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    These highlights provide a brief summary of the report 'Employee training: an international perspective', the latest monograph released using data from the International Adult Literacy Survey. The report provides new insights into training issues in seven countries: Canada, the United States, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany and Sweden. The study examines full-time paid workers between the ages of 25 and 60, who had been employed for at least 42 weeks in the 12 months preceding the survey (about nine months in the previous year). (Although the self-employed account for a growing share of the work force, they are not included in the analysis.)

    Release date: 1997-12-16
  • 2. Labour and Income Dynamics Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 75-002-X
    Description:

    A quarterly newsletter designed to keep data users and other interested persons broadly informed about the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics. It provides updates on survey developments and issues as they arise. Every issue also includes a brief description of newly released documents in the SLID research paper series.

    Release date: 1997-09-09
  • 3. An Overview of the Differences Between Police-reported and Victim-reported Crime Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 85-542-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The purpose of this report is to reduce the level of confusion arising from the use of crime data originating from two very different sources (i.e., the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey - UCR and the General Social Survey - GSS) and to inform discussions about which is the better measure of crime. It explains why the findings based on these data sources diverge and summarizes the major differences between the two surveys.

    Release date: 1997-05-14
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