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  • Articles and reports: 11F0019M2014364
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    During the 1980s and 1990s, immigration was associated with the rise in low-income rates and family-income inequality in Canada. Over the 2000s, there were significant changes in the labour market and in immigrant selection. This paper focuses on the direct effect of immigration on the change in low income and family-income inequality over the 1995-to-2010 period. The paper outlines recent trends in low-income rates and income inequality for both the Canadian-born and immigrants. The low-income rate in Canada fell during the 2000s. Was this driven in part by changes in economic outcomes among immigrants? Inequality increased considerably in the late 1990s. Did immigration contribute to this increase?

    Release date: 2014-12-15

  • Articles and reports: 82-624-X201400114121
    Description:

    This article highlights the latest data from the 2013 Canadian Forces Mental Health Survey. Findings will feature prevalence rates of selected mental health and alcohol disorders of Canadian Force members who have been deployed in support of the mission to Afghanistan. Some comparisons will also be made with the civilian population.

    Release date: 2014-11-25

  • Articles and reports: 11-522-X201300014273
    Description:

    More and more data are being produced by an increasing number of electronic devices physically surrounding us and on the internet. The large amount of data and the high frequency at which they are produced have resulted in the introduction of the term ‘Big Data’. Because of the fact that these data reflect many different aspects of our daily lives and because of their abundance and availability, Big Data sources are very interesting from an official statistics point of view. However, first experiences obtained with analyses of large amounts of Dutch traffic loop detection records, call detail records of mobile phones and Dutch social media messages reveal that a number of challenges need to be addressed to enable the application of these data sources for official statistics. These and the lessons learned during these initial studies will be addressed and illustrated by examples. More specifically, the following topics are discussed: the three general types of Big Data discerned, the need to access and analyse large amounts of data, how we deal with noisy data and look at selectivity (and our own bias towards this topic), how to go beyond correlation, how we found people with the right skills and mind-set to perform the work, and how we have dealt with privacy and security issues.

    Release date: 2014-10-31

  • Articles and reports: 11-522-X201300014276
    Description:

    In France, budget restrictions are making it more difficult to hire casual interviewers to deal with collection problems. As a result, it has become necessary to adhere to a predetermined annual work quota. For surveys of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), which use a master sample, problems arise when an interviewer is on extended leave throughout the entire collection period of a survey. When that occurs, an area may cease to be covered by the survey, and this effectively generates a bias. In response to this new problem, we have implemented two methods, depending on when the problem is identified: If an area is ‘abandoned’ before or at the very beginning of collection, we carry out a ‘sub-allocation’ procedure. The procedure involves interviewing a minimum number of households in each collection area at the expense of other areas in which no collection problems have been identified. The idea is to minimize the dispersion of weights while meeting collection targets. If an area is ‘abandoned’ during collection, we prioritize the remaining surveys. Prioritization is based on a representativeness indicator (R indicator) that measures the degree of similarity between a sample and the base population. The goal of this prioritization process during collection is to get as close as possible to equal response probability for respondents. The R indicator is based on the dispersion of the estimated response probabilities of the sampled households, and it is composed of partial R indicators that measure representativeness variable by variable. These R indicators are tools that we can use to analyze collection by isolating underrepresented population groups. We can increase collection efforts for groups that have been identified beforehand. In the oral presentation, we covered these two points concisely. By contrast, this paper deals exclusively with the first point: sub-allocation. Prioritization is being implemented for the first time at INSEE for the assets survey, and it will be covered in a specific paper by A. Rebecq.

    Release date: 2014-10-31

  • Articles and reports: 11-522-X201300014279
    Description:

    As part of the European SustainCity project, a microsimulation model of individuals and households was created to simulate the population of various European cities. The aim of the project was to combine several transportation and land-use microsimulation models (land-use modelling), add on a dynamic population module and apply these microsimulation approaches to three geographic areas of Europe (the Île-de-France region and the Brussels and Zurich agglomerations

    Release date: 2014-10-31

  • Articles and reports: 82-624-X201400114010
    Description:

    This article highlights how seniors aged 65 and older perceive their risk of falling. Perceptions of risk are examined in comparison with a senior’s actual risk of falling. Using data from the 2008-2009 Canadian Community Health Survey – Healthy Aging, this article identifies groups of seniors who correctly perceive, overestimate and underestimate their risk of falling.

    Release date: 2014-10-01

  • Articles and reports: 11F0019M2014361
    Description:

    In Canada, the selection of economic immigrants throughout the 1990s and 2000s was based largely on the human capital model of immigration. This model posits that selecting immigrants with high levels of human capital is particularly advantageous in the long run. It is argued that higher educational levels allow immigrants to both bring the skills needed in a "knowledge-based economy" and, perhaps more importantly, better adjust to both cyclical and structural changes in the labour market than immigrants with lower educational levels.

    This paper examines the trends in the earnings advantage that more highly educated immigrants hold over less educated immigrants by immigration class. The focus is on three questions. First, did the well-documented decline in entry earnings observed over the last quarter-century vary by immigrant educational level and by admission class? Second, have there been significant shifts across recent cohorts in the economic advantage that more highly educated immigrants hold over their less educated counterparts, both at entry and in the longer run? Third, and most importantly, does the relative earnings advantage of more highly educated immigrants change with time spent in Canada, that is, in the longer run?

    Release date: 2014-05-29

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X201400114007
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This Juristat bulletin provides a statistical overview of the average counts of adults and youth under correctional supervision in Canada in 2012/2013. Analysis is presented at the national as well as the provincial and territorial levels. Trends by type of supervision, as well as international comparisons of the incarceration rates are also presented.

    Release date: 2014-05-12

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X201400111917
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This Juristat bulletin provides a statistical overview of youth admitted to and released from custody and community services in Canada in 2011/2012. Analysis is presented at the national as well as the provincial and territorial levels. Admissions, and the characteristics of youth in the correctional system (such as age, sex and Aboriginal identity) are discussed.

    Release date: 2014-03-20

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X201400111918
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This Juristat bulletin provides a statistical overview of adults admitted to and released from custody and community supervision in Canada in 2011/2012. Analysis is presented at the national as well as the provincial and territorial levels. Admissions, and the characteristics of adults in the correctional system (such as age, sex and Aboriginal identity) are discussed.

    Release date: 2014-03-20
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  • Articles and reports: 11F0019M2014364
    Description:

    During the 1980s and 1990s, immigration was associated with the rise in low-income rates and family-income inequality in Canada. Over the 2000s, there were significant changes in the labour market and in immigrant selection. This paper focuses on the direct effect of immigration on the change in low income and family-income inequality over the 1995-to-2010 period. The paper outlines recent trends in low-income rates and income inequality for both the Canadian-born and immigrants. The low-income rate in Canada fell during the 2000s. Was this driven in part by changes in economic outcomes among immigrants? Inequality increased considerably in the late 1990s. Did immigration contribute to this increase?

    Release date: 2014-12-15

  • Articles and reports: 82-624-X201400114121
    Description:

    This article highlights the latest data from the 2013 Canadian Forces Mental Health Survey. Findings will feature prevalence rates of selected mental health and alcohol disorders of Canadian Force members who have been deployed in support of the mission to Afghanistan. Some comparisons will also be made with the civilian population.

    Release date: 2014-11-25

  • Articles and reports: 11-522-X201300014273
    Description:

    More and more data are being produced by an increasing number of electronic devices physically surrounding us and on the internet. The large amount of data and the high frequency at which they are produced have resulted in the introduction of the term ‘Big Data’. Because of the fact that these data reflect many different aspects of our daily lives and because of their abundance and availability, Big Data sources are very interesting from an official statistics point of view. However, first experiences obtained with analyses of large amounts of Dutch traffic loop detection records, call detail records of mobile phones and Dutch social media messages reveal that a number of challenges need to be addressed to enable the application of these data sources for official statistics. These and the lessons learned during these initial studies will be addressed and illustrated by examples. More specifically, the following topics are discussed: the three general types of Big Data discerned, the need to access and analyse large amounts of data, how we deal with noisy data and look at selectivity (and our own bias towards this topic), how to go beyond correlation, how we found people with the right skills and mind-set to perform the work, and how we have dealt with privacy and security issues.

    Release date: 2014-10-31

  • Articles and reports: 11-522-X201300014276
    Description:

    In France, budget restrictions are making it more difficult to hire casual interviewers to deal with collection problems. As a result, it has become necessary to adhere to a predetermined annual work quota. For surveys of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), which use a master sample, problems arise when an interviewer is on extended leave throughout the entire collection period of a survey. When that occurs, an area may cease to be covered by the survey, and this effectively generates a bias. In response to this new problem, we have implemented two methods, depending on when the problem is identified: If an area is ‘abandoned’ before or at the very beginning of collection, we carry out a ‘sub-allocation’ procedure. The procedure involves interviewing a minimum number of households in each collection area at the expense of other areas in which no collection problems have been identified. The idea is to minimize the dispersion of weights while meeting collection targets. If an area is ‘abandoned’ during collection, we prioritize the remaining surveys. Prioritization is based on a representativeness indicator (R indicator) that measures the degree of similarity between a sample and the base population. The goal of this prioritization process during collection is to get as close as possible to equal response probability for respondents. The R indicator is based on the dispersion of the estimated response probabilities of the sampled households, and it is composed of partial R indicators that measure representativeness variable by variable. These R indicators are tools that we can use to analyze collection by isolating underrepresented population groups. We can increase collection efforts for groups that have been identified beforehand. In the oral presentation, we covered these two points concisely. By contrast, this paper deals exclusively with the first point: sub-allocation. Prioritization is being implemented for the first time at INSEE for the assets survey, and it will be covered in a specific paper by A. Rebecq.

    Release date: 2014-10-31

  • Articles and reports: 11-522-X201300014279
    Description:

    As part of the European SustainCity project, a microsimulation model of individuals and households was created to simulate the population of various European cities. The aim of the project was to combine several transportation and land-use microsimulation models (land-use modelling), add on a dynamic population module and apply these microsimulation approaches to three geographic areas of Europe (the Île-de-France region and the Brussels and Zurich agglomerations

    Release date: 2014-10-31

  • Articles and reports: 82-624-X201400114010
    Description:

    This article highlights how seniors aged 65 and older perceive their risk of falling. Perceptions of risk are examined in comparison with a senior’s actual risk of falling. Using data from the 2008-2009 Canadian Community Health Survey – Healthy Aging, this article identifies groups of seniors who correctly perceive, overestimate and underestimate their risk of falling.

    Release date: 2014-10-01

  • Articles and reports: 11F0019M2014361
    Description:

    In Canada, the selection of economic immigrants throughout the 1990s and 2000s was based largely on the human capital model of immigration. This model posits that selecting immigrants with high levels of human capital is particularly advantageous in the long run. It is argued that higher educational levels allow immigrants to both bring the skills needed in a "knowledge-based economy" and, perhaps more importantly, better adjust to both cyclical and structural changes in the labour market than immigrants with lower educational levels.

    This paper examines the trends in the earnings advantage that more highly educated immigrants hold over less educated immigrants by immigration class. The focus is on three questions. First, did the well-documented decline in entry earnings observed over the last quarter-century vary by immigrant educational level and by admission class? Second, have there been significant shifts across recent cohorts in the economic advantage that more highly educated immigrants hold over their less educated counterparts, both at entry and in the longer run? Third, and most importantly, does the relative earnings advantage of more highly educated immigrants change with time spent in Canada, that is, in the longer run?

    Release date: 2014-05-29

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X201400114007
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This Juristat bulletin provides a statistical overview of the average counts of adults and youth under correctional supervision in Canada in 2012/2013. Analysis is presented at the national as well as the provincial and territorial levels. Trends by type of supervision, as well as international comparisons of the incarceration rates are also presented.

    Release date: 2014-05-12

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X201400111917
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This Juristat bulletin provides a statistical overview of youth admitted to and released from custody and community services in Canada in 2011/2012. Analysis is presented at the national as well as the provincial and territorial levels. Admissions, and the characteristics of youth in the correctional system (such as age, sex and Aboriginal identity) are discussed.

    Release date: 2014-03-20

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X201400111918
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This Juristat bulletin provides a statistical overview of adults admitted to and released from custody and community supervision in Canada in 2011/2012. Analysis is presented at the national as well as the provincial and territorial levels. Admissions, and the characteristics of adults in the correctional system (such as age, sex and Aboriginal identity) are discussed.

    Release date: 2014-03-20
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