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  • Articles and reports: 63F0002X2005048
    Description:

    This article compares the performance and characteristics of fast-growing small- and mid-sized Canadian Internet service providers (ISPs) with those of their slower-growing counterparts. The study also examines the different strategies employed by the two groups as well as their differing perceptions of potential impediments to their growth.

    The main findings relate to the effects of the two groups' business strategies on their core business and diversification, revenues and expenses, broadband and narrowband services, subscriber base and customer retention rates, connection options and growth impediments.

    Release date: 2005-12-08

  • Journals and periodicals: 89-617-X
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Description:

    The International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, undertaken in 2003, measured the proficiencies of a representative sample of Canadian adults aged 16 and over in four domains: prose literacy, document literacy, numeracy and problem solving, and benchmarked performance against an international standard. The proficiency scores are compared between provinces, territories and nations, and over time. Moreover, literacy performance is examined in relation to differences in variables such as educational attainment, employment and unemployment, earnings and self-assessed health. Analyses of the literacy performance of groups of special interest, including women and men, young adults and seniors, recent and established immigrants, and Aboriginal populations are included.

    Release date: 2005-11-30

  • Articles and reports: 82-003-X20050018710
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Recent trends in hospitalization and mortality attributable to diseases of the circulatory system

    Release date: 2005-11-16

  • Articles and reports: 11-522-X20040018752
    Description:

    This paper outlines some possible applications of the permanent sample of households ready to respond with respect to surveying difficult-to-reach population groups.

    Release date: 2005-10-27

  • Articles and reports: 11-522-X20040018753
    Description:

    For the estimation of low-income households, a supplementary sample is selected within a limited number of geographic areas. This paper presents the dual sample design used, along with scenarios considered and some findings that led to the choices made.

    Release date: 2005-10-27

  • Articles and reports: 11F0024M20050008658
    Description:

    The vast majority of Internet service providers (ISPs) in Canada are small- and medium-sized companies striving to compete with large and more dominant telecommunication and cable companies.

    Based on data from Statistics Canada's Annual Survey of Internet Service Providers and Related Services for 2000 and 2002, this article compares the performance and characteristics of fast-growing small- and mid-sized Canadian ISPs with those of their slower-growing counterparts. The study also examines the different strategies employed by the two groups as well as their differing perceptions of potential impediments to their growth.

    The main findings relate to the effects of the two groups' business strategies on their core business and diversification, revenues and expenses, broadband and narrowband services, subscriber base and customer retention rates, connection options and growth impediments.

    Release date: 2005-10-20

  • Articles and reports: 11F0024M20050008660
    Description:

    Electronic commerce in Canada has grown from $5.7 billion in 2000 to over $28 billion in 2004. Despite this growth, barriers remain to e-commerce's effective integration into the economy. The authors compare responses to Statistic Canada's Survey of Electronic Commerce and Technology for the years 2001 and 2003. This Canada-wide business survey lists ten barriers to e-commerce adoption and asks firms to identify those that apply. The authors identify statistically significant changes over time and show that barriers are changing, but are not consistent across firm size or industry sector. The authors conclude that policies aimed at encouraging e-commerce adoption must be specific to both firm size and industry sector.

    Release date: 2005-10-20

  • Articles and reports: 11-008-X20050028454
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Using longitudinal data from Statistics Canada's National Population Health Survey (NPHS), this article assesses the health impact of the immigration process, as individuals adjust to life in Canada, by comparing changes in immigrants' self-perceived health status, health care use, and health-related behaviours with those of the Canadian-born population. Information was collected from the same individuals over an eight-year period from 1994-1995 to 2002-2003.

    Release date: 2005-09-13

  • Articles and reports: 82-005-X20050018440
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This summary provides highlights of an analysis that used eight years of longitudinal data from the National Population Health Survey, 1994/95 to 2002/03. The analysis was part of an Internet publication Healthy Today, Healthy Tomorrow? Findings from the National Population Health Survey, Catalogue no. 82-618-MWE.

    The analysis found that recent immigrants from non-European countries are twice as likely as the Canadian-born to experience deterioration in their health.

    Release date: 2005-08-05

  • Articles and reports: 12-001-X20050018089
    Description:

    We use hierarchical Bayesian models to analyze body mass index (BMI) data of children and adolescents with nonignorable nonresponse from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III). Our objective is to predict the finite population mean BMI and the proportion of respondents for domains formed by age, race and sex (covariates in the regression models) in each of thirty five large counties, accounting for the nonrespondents. Markov chain Monte Carlo methods are used to fit the models (two selection and two pattern mixture) to the NHANES III BMI data. Using a deviance measure and a cross-validation study, we show that the nonignorable selection model is the best among the four models. We also show that inference about BMI is not too sensitive to the model choice. An improvement is obtained by including a spline regression into the selection model to reflect changes in the relationship between BMI and age.

    Release date: 2005-07-21
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  • Articles and reports: 63F0002X2005048
    Description:

    This article compares the performance and characteristics of fast-growing small- and mid-sized Canadian Internet service providers (ISPs) with those of their slower-growing counterparts. The study also examines the different strategies employed by the two groups as well as their differing perceptions of potential impediments to their growth.

    The main findings relate to the effects of the two groups' business strategies on their core business and diversification, revenues and expenses, broadband and narrowband services, subscriber base and customer retention rates, connection options and growth impediments.

    Release date: 2005-12-08

  • Articles and reports: 82-003-X20050018710
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Recent trends in hospitalization and mortality attributable to diseases of the circulatory system

    Release date: 2005-11-16

  • Articles and reports: 11-522-X20040018752
    Description:

    This paper outlines some possible applications of the permanent sample of households ready to respond with respect to surveying difficult-to-reach population groups.

    Release date: 2005-10-27

  • Articles and reports: 11-522-X20040018753
    Description:

    For the estimation of low-income households, a supplementary sample is selected within a limited number of geographic areas. This paper presents the dual sample design used, along with scenarios considered and some findings that led to the choices made.

    Release date: 2005-10-27

  • Articles and reports: 11F0024M20050008658
    Description:

    The vast majority of Internet service providers (ISPs) in Canada are small- and medium-sized companies striving to compete with large and more dominant telecommunication and cable companies.

    Based on data from Statistics Canada's Annual Survey of Internet Service Providers and Related Services for 2000 and 2002, this article compares the performance and characteristics of fast-growing small- and mid-sized Canadian ISPs with those of their slower-growing counterparts. The study also examines the different strategies employed by the two groups as well as their differing perceptions of potential impediments to their growth.

    The main findings relate to the effects of the two groups' business strategies on their core business and diversification, revenues and expenses, broadband and narrowband services, subscriber base and customer retention rates, connection options and growth impediments.

    Release date: 2005-10-20

  • Articles and reports: 11F0024M20050008660
    Description:

    Electronic commerce in Canada has grown from $5.7 billion in 2000 to over $28 billion in 2004. Despite this growth, barriers remain to e-commerce's effective integration into the economy. The authors compare responses to Statistic Canada's Survey of Electronic Commerce and Technology for the years 2001 and 2003. This Canada-wide business survey lists ten barriers to e-commerce adoption and asks firms to identify those that apply. The authors identify statistically significant changes over time and show that barriers are changing, but are not consistent across firm size or industry sector. The authors conclude that policies aimed at encouraging e-commerce adoption must be specific to both firm size and industry sector.

    Release date: 2005-10-20

  • Articles and reports: 11-008-X20050028454
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Using longitudinal data from Statistics Canada's National Population Health Survey (NPHS), this article assesses the health impact of the immigration process, as individuals adjust to life in Canada, by comparing changes in immigrants' self-perceived health status, health care use, and health-related behaviours with those of the Canadian-born population. Information was collected from the same individuals over an eight-year period from 1994-1995 to 2002-2003.

    Release date: 2005-09-13

  • Articles and reports: 82-005-X20050018440
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This summary provides highlights of an analysis that used eight years of longitudinal data from the National Population Health Survey, 1994/95 to 2002/03. The analysis was part of an Internet publication Healthy Today, Healthy Tomorrow? Findings from the National Population Health Survey, Catalogue no. 82-618-MWE.

    The analysis found that recent immigrants from non-European countries are twice as likely as the Canadian-born to experience deterioration in their health.

    Release date: 2005-08-05

  • Articles and reports: 12-001-X20050018089
    Description:

    We use hierarchical Bayesian models to analyze body mass index (BMI) data of children and adolescents with nonignorable nonresponse from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III). Our objective is to predict the finite population mean BMI and the proportion of respondents for domains formed by age, race and sex (covariates in the regression models) in each of thirty five large counties, accounting for the nonrespondents. Markov chain Monte Carlo methods are used to fit the models (two selection and two pattern mixture) to the NHANES III BMI data. Using a deviance measure and a cross-validation study, we show that the nonignorable selection model is the best among the four models. We also show that inference about BMI is not too sensitive to the model choice. An improvement is obtained by including a spline regression into the selection model to reflect changes in the relationship between BMI and age.

    Release date: 2005-07-21

  • Articles and reports: 63-018-X20050018435
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Examines small-and mid-sized Internet service providers, and probes the differences between faster growing Internet service providers and their slower-growing counterparts between 2000 and 2002.

    Release date: 2005-07-19
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  • Journals and periodicals: 89-617-X
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Description:

    The International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, undertaken in 2003, measured the proficiencies of a representative sample of Canadian adults aged 16 and over in four domains: prose literacy, document literacy, numeracy and problem solving, and benchmarked performance against an international standard. The proficiency scores are compared between provinces, territories and nations, and over time. Moreover, literacy performance is examined in relation to differences in variables such as educational attainment, employment and unemployment, earnings and self-assessed health. Analyses of the literacy performance of groups of special interest, including women and men, young adults and seniors, recent and established immigrants, and Aboriginal populations are included.

    Release date: 2005-11-30

  • Journals and periodicals: 61-533-X
    Description:

    This publication provides the first national portrait of the many thousands of nonprofit and voluntary organizations found in every Canadian community. The data, from the National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations, reveal a set of organizations that are widely diverse in nature, touching virtually every aspect of Canadians' lives.

    Release date: 2005-06-30

  • Journals and periodicals: 61-533-S
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This booklet summarizes the key results of the first National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations. These organizations have a significant economic presence and serve as vehicles for citizen engagement. However, many report significant challenges to their capacity to fulfill their missions.

    Release date: 2005-03-11
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