User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2014
Appendix G — Imputation rates by method for recording expenses in the diary

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Table G1
Imputation rates for goods and services including food from stores, by type of imputation and recording method, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Imputation rates by type of imputation and method for recording the expenses in the section of the diary on goods and services including food from stores. The information is grouped by Type of imputation (appearing as row headers), Transcribed items, Items from a receipt and All items, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of imputation Transcribed items Items from a receipt All items
percentage
Imputation of a missing cost for a reported expense  
Food from stores 2.8 0.2 1.1
Other goods and services 4.3 0.2 2.3
All expenditures 3.5 0.2 1.5
Imputation of expenditure items (and their individual cost) from a total expense  
Food from stores 55.4 1.6 20.1
Other goods and services 22.7 1.6 12.4
All expenditures 41.6 1.6 17.6
Imputation of detailed expenditure code  
Food from stores 4.5 6.5 5.8
Other goods and services 5.3 5.7 5.5
All expenditures 4.8 6.3 5.7
Table G2
Imputation rates for snacks, beverages and meals purchased from restaurants or fast-food outlets, by type of imputation and recording method, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Imputation rates by type of imputation and method for recording the expenses in the section of the diary on snacks. The information is grouped by Type of imputation (appearing as row headers), Transcribed items, Items from a receipt and All items, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of imputation Transcribed items Items from a receipt All items
percentage
Imputation of total cost 1.12 0.43 1.01
Imputation of costs for alcoholic beverages 3.91 6.13 4.28
Imputation of meal type (breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snacks and beverages) 8.06 8.09 8.07
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