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- Articles and reports: 56F0004M2005012Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper investigates relationships between adult literacy skills and use of information and communications technologies (ICTs). Using the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL), it becomes possible to compare respondents' ICT use, based on self-assessed ICT use patterns and attitudes toward computers, with literacy skills and a number of socio-demographic characteristics, including age, gender and educational attainment. The paper offers data for Canada, its provinces and territories, as well as five other countries (Bermuda, the United States, Italy, Norway and Switzerland), allowing international and inter-provincial comparisons. An important objective of the paper is to examine outcomes associated with literacy skills in combination with patterns of ICT use, and this is achieved by profiling these characteristics and studying their relationships with respondent income. In addition, it offers a portrait of adults' computer and Internet use, including purposes of use, attitudes toward computers, and use of other ICTs, and analyzes such use, with a detailed focus on Canada.
Patterns of Internet and computer access confirm the existence of "digital divides" both within and between nations. Apart from Italy, differences between the countries included in this study are not large. However, as found elsewhere, large divides exist within countries when examining respondents grouped by their level of income. In Canada, the Western provinces, the territories, and Ontario emerge as leaders in ICT use, although regional patterns are complex and vary depending on the specific technology examined.
Many other factors are also strongly associated with respondents' ICT use. Age, gender, educational attainment, and level of literacy proficiency help predict whether a respondent is a "high-intensity" computer user. A significant decline in ICT use is found to occur after age 45 in all countries. The findings for ICT use by gender, however, were mixed. In the European countries included in this study (Italy, Norway and Switzerland), clear gender differences emerge but no such gap exists in North America. Respondents with less than upper-secondary education are significantly less likely to use computers for a range of purposes, and this pattern is most pronounced in Italy and Bermuda. In addition, scales that measure individuals' use of computers and the Internet, and attitudes toward computers, tend to increase with the literacy proficiency of respondents.
Finally, literacy and computer use profiles are strongly related to the likelihood that respondents have high earnings. In most countries included in this study, adults who have average or higher literacy skills and who are intensive computer users have about three to six times the odds of being in the top quartile of personal income, compared to respondents with below average literacy skills and less intensive computer use.
Release date: 2005-12-05 - 2. A tailored approach strategy for young moroccans and turks for the Dutch Family and Fertility Survey ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-522-X20040018653Description:
This paper discusses the development of the tailored approach strategy, the pre-test, the sample design of the Dutch Family and Fertility Survey, the embedded experiment and its results.
Release date: 2005-10-27 - 3. Outcomes associated with information and communications technology use and literacy skills ArchivedArticles and reports: 88-003-X20050038762Geography: CanadaDescription:
The penetration of information and communications technologies (ICTs), most notably computers and the Internet, has been analyzed extensively in recent years. Studies of the digital divide have identified important gaps in access and use of ICTs between different groups of people, depending on their demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. The results of a Statistics Canada survey combined measure of individuals' computer use and literacy in order to get to such outcomes.
Release date: 2005-10-26 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X20050018084Description:
At national statistical institutes, experiments embedded in ongoing sample surveys are conducted occasionally to investigate possible effects of alternative survey methodologies on estimates of finite population parameters. To test hypotheses about differences between sample estimates due to alternative survey implementations, a design-based theory is developed for the analysis of completely randomized designs or randomized block designs embedded in general complex sampling designs. For both experimental designs, design-based Wald statistics are derived for the Horvitz-Thompson estimator and the generalized regression estimator. The theory is illustrated with a simulation study.
Release date: 2005-07-21 - 5. A case study in record linkage ArchivedArticles and reports: 12-001-X20050018085Description:
Record linkage is a process of pairing records from two files and trying to select the pairs that belong to the same entity. The basic framework uses a match weight to measure the likelihood of a correct match and a decision rule to assign record pairs as "true" or "false" match pairs. Weight thresholds for selecting a record pair as matched or unmatched depend on the desired control over linkage errors. Current methods to determine the selection thresholds and estimate linkage errors can provide divergent results, depending on the type of linkage error and the approach to linkage. This paper presents a case study that uses existing linkage methods to link record pairs but a new simulation approach (SimRate) to help determine selection thresholds and estimate linkage errors. SimRate uses the observed distribution of data in matched and unmatched pairs to generate a large simulated set of record pairs, assigns a match weight to each pair based on specified match rules, and uses the weight curves of the simulated pairs for error estimation.
Release date: 2005-07-21 - Articles and reports: 81-595-M2005029Geography: Province or territoryDescription:
The system of postsecondary education in Manitoba plays an important role in the social and economic health of the province. Colleges and universities strive to meet the lifelong learning needs of Manitobans and to ensure the availability of individuals with the right skills to support a growing and changing economy.
This report uses data from the National Graduates Survey (Class of 2000) and asks who are the graduates of Manitoba's universities and colleges, what do they do after graduation, and how well do they integrate into the labour market? In particular, the report provides a portrait of the graduates from Manitoba's postsecondary institutions, analyses the mobility of students and graduates into and out of the province, looks at graduates' outcomes in the work force, and examines the student debt load of graduates. In addition, the report includes a special analysis of Aboriginal graduates.
Release date: 2005-05-18 - Articles and reports: 75F0002M2005001Description:
Comparative analysis of poverty dynamics incidence - transitions, and persistence - can yield important insights about the nature of poverty and the effectiveness of alternative policy responses. This manuscript compares poverty dynamics in four advanced industrial countries (Canada, unified Germany, Great Britain, and the United States) for overlapping six-year periods in the 1990s. The data indicate that poverty persistence is higher in North America than in Europe; for example, despite high incidence, poverty in Great Britain is relatively transitory. Most poverty transitions, and the prevalence of chronic poverty, are associated with employment instability and family dissolution in all four countries. The results also suggest that differences in social policy are crucial for the observed differences in poverty incidence and persistence between Europe and North America.
Release date: 2005-01-31 - 8. International adoption of questionnaire development, evaluation and testing methods in establishment surveys ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-522-X20030017603Description:
This paper describes the current status of the adoption of questionnaire development and testing methods for establishment surveys internationally and suggests a program of methodological research and strategies for improving this adoption.
Release date: 2005-01-26 - 9. A design-based procedure for the analysis of experiments embedded in complex sample surveys ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-522-X20030017702Description:
This paper proposes a procedure to test hypotheses about differences between sample estimates observed under alternative survey methodologies.
Release date: 2005-01-26 - 10. Implementing new statistical techniques ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-522-X20030017712Description:
This paper discusse variance estimation in the presence of imputations with an application to price index estimation, multiphase sampling, and the use of graphics in publications.
Release date: 2005-01-26
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- Articles and reports: 56F0004M2005012Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper investigates relationships between adult literacy skills and use of information and communications technologies (ICTs). Using the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL), it becomes possible to compare respondents' ICT use, based on self-assessed ICT use patterns and attitudes toward computers, with literacy skills and a number of socio-demographic characteristics, including age, gender and educational attainment. The paper offers data for Canada, its provinces and territories, as well as five other countries (Bermuda, the United States, Italy, Norway and Switzerland), allowing international and inter-provincial comparisons. An important objective of the paper is to examine outcomes associated with literacy skills in combination with patterns of ICT use, and this is achieved by profiling these characteristics and studying their relationships with respondent income. In addition, it offers a portrait of adults' computer and Internet use, including purposes of use, attitudes toward computers, and use of other ICTs, and analyzes such use, with a detailed focus on Canada.
Patterns of Internet and computer access confirm the existence of "digital divides" both within and between nations. Apart from Italy, differences between the countries included in this study are not large. However, as found elsewhere, large divides exist within countries when examining respondents grouped by their level of income. In Canada, the Western provinces, the territories, and Ontario emerge as leaders in ICT use, although regional patterns are complex and vary depending on the specific technology examined.
Many other factors are also strongly associated with respondents' ICT use. Age, gender, educational attainment, and level of literacy proficiency help predict whether a respondent is a "high-intensity" computer user. A significant decline in ICT use is found to occur after age 45 in all countries. The findings for ICT use by gender, however, were mixed. In the European countries included in this study (Italy, Norway and Switzerland), clear gender differences emerge but no such gap exists in North America. Respondents with less than upper-secondary education are significantly less likely to use computers for a range of purposes, and this pattern is most pronounced in Italy and Bermuda. In addition, scales that measure individuals' use of computers and the Internet, and attitudes toward computers, tend to increase with the literacy proficiency of respondents.
Finally, literacy and computer use profiles are strongly related to the likelihood that respondents have high earnings. In most countries included in this study, adults who have average or higher literacy skills and who are intensive computer users have about three to six times the odds of being in the top quartile of personal income, compared to respondents with below average literacy skills and less intensive computer use.
Release date: 2005-12-05 - 2. A tailored approach strategy for young moroccans and turks for the Dutch Family and Fertility Survey ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-522-X20040018653Description:
This paper discusses the development of the tailored approach strategy, the pre-test, the sample design of the Dutch Family and Fertility Survey, the embedded experiment and its results.
Release date: 2005-10-27 - 3. Outcomes associated with information and communications technology use and literacy skills ArchivedArticles and reports: 88-003-X20050038762Geography: CanadaDescription:
The penetration of information and communications technologies (ICTs), most notably computers and the Internet, has been analyzed extensively in recent years. Studies of the digital divide have identified important gaps in access and use of ICTs between different groups of people, depending on their demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. The results of a Statistics Canada survey combined measure of individuals' computer use and literacy in order to get to such outcomes.
Release date: 2005-10-26 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X20050018084Description:
At national statistical institutes, experiments embedded in ongoing sample surveys are conducted occasionally to investigate possible effects of alternative survey methodologies on estimates of finite population parameters. To test hypotheses about differences between sample estimates due to alternative survey implementations, a design-based theory is developed for the analysis of completely randomized designs or randomized block designs embedded in general complex sampling designs. For both experimental designs, design-based Wald statistics are derived for the Horvitz-Thompson estimator and the generalized regression estimator. The theory is illustrated with a simulation study.
Release date: 2005-07-21 - 5. A case study in record linkage ArchivedArticles and reports: 12-001-X20050018085Description:
Record linkage is a process of pairing records from two files and trying to select the pairs that belong to the same entity. The basic framework uses a match weight to measure the likelihood of a correct match and a decision rule to assign record pairs as "true" or "false" match pairs. Weight thresholds for selecting a record pair as matched or unmatched depend on the desired control over linkage errors. Current methods to determine the selection thresholds and estimate linkage errors can provide divergent results, depending on the type of linkage error and the approach to linkage. This paper presents a case study that uses existing linkage methods to link record pairs but a new simulation approach (SimRate) to help determine selection thresholds and estimate linkage errors. SimRate uses the observed distribution of data in matched and unmatched pairs to generate a large simulated set of record pairs, assigns a match weight to each pair based on specified match rules, and uses the weight curves of the simulated pairs for error estimation.
Release date: 2005-07-21 - Articles and reports: 81-595-M2005029Geography: Province or territoryDescription:
The system of postsecondary education in Manitoba plays an important role in the social and economic health of the province. Colleges and universities strive to meet the lifelong learning needs of Manitobans and to ensure the availability of individuals with the right skills to support a growing and changing economy.
This report uses data from the National Graduates Survey (Class of 2000) and asks who are the graduates of Manitoba's universities and colleges, what do they do after graduation, and how well do they integrate into the labour market? In particular, the report provides a portrait of the graduates from Manitoba's postsecondary institutions, analyses the mobility of students and graduates into and out of the province, looks at graduates' outcomes in the work force, and examines the student debt load of graduates. In addition, the report includes a special analysis of Aboriginal graduates.
Release date: 2005-05-18 - Articles and reports: 75F0002M2005001Description:
Comparative analysis of poverty dynamics incidence - transitions, and persistence - can yield important insights about the nature of poverty and the effectiveness of alternative policy responses. This manuscript compares poverty dynamics in four advanced industrial countries (Canada, unified Germany, Great Britain, and the United States) for overlapping six-year periods in the 1990s. The data indicate that poverty persistence is higher in North America than in Europe; for example, despite high incidence, poverty in Great Britain is relatively transitory. Most poverty transitions, and the prevalence of chronic poverty, are associated with employment instability and family dissolution in all four countries. The results also suggest that differences in social policy are crucial for the observed differences in poverty incidence and persistence between Europe and North America.
Release date: 2005-01-31 - 8. International adoption of questionnaire development, evaluation and testing methods in establishment surveys ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-522-X20030017603Description:
This paper describes the current status of the adoption of questionnaire development and testing methods for establishment surveys internationally and suggests a program of methodological research and strategies for improving this adoption.
Release date: 2005-01-26 - 9. A design-based procedure for the analysis of experiments embedded in complex sample surveys ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-522-X20030017702Description:
This paper proposes a procedure to test hypotheses about differences between sample estimates observed under alternative survey methodologies.
Release date: 2005-01-26 - 10. Implementing new statistical techniques ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-522-X20030017712Description:
This paper discusse variance estimation in the presence of imputations with an application to price index estimation, multiphase sampling, and the use of graphics in publications.
Release date: 2005-01-26
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