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User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2017
Appendix B
Response rates by collection month, Canada^{Table B1 Note 1}

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Table B1
Interview response rates by collection month, Canada, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Interview response rates by collection month Eligible sampled households, No contacts, Refusals, Residual non-respondents, Respondents and Response rate, calculated using number and percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	number					percentage
	Eligible sampled households	No contacts	Refusals	Residual non-respondents	Respondents	Response rate^{Table B1 Note 2}
All months	17,792	1,116	4,126	656	11,894	66.9
January	1,501	104	332	42	1,023	68.2
February	1,534	101	358	68	1,007	65.6
March	1,465	90	345	52	978	66.8
April	1,468	69	364	54	981	66.8
May	1,497	90	363	66	978	65.3
June	1,493	79	325	72	1,017	68.1
July	1,472	112	324	50	986	67.0
August	1,454	92	344	42	976	67.1
September	1,516	109	358	47	1,002	66.1
October	1,489	88	339	54	1,008	67.7
November	1,491	98	339	59	995	66.7
December	1,412	84	335	50	943	66.8
Note 1 Only the 10 provinces are included. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 (Respondent households/Eligible sampled households) x 100. Return to note 2 referrer

Table B2
Diary response rates by collection month, Canada^{Table B2 Note 1}, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Diary response rates by collection month Eligible sampled households, Interview non-respondents, Diaries, Response rate, Refusal, Unusable and Usable, calculated using number and percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	Eligible sampled households^{Table B2 Note 2}	Interview non-respondents^{Table B2 Note 3}	Refusal^{Table B2 Note 5}	Unusable	Usable	Response rate^{Table B2 Note 6}
	Eligible sampled households^{Table B2 Note 2}	Interview non-respondents^{Table B2 Note 3}	Diaries^{Table B2 Note 4}			Response rate^{Table B2 Note 6}
	number					percentage
All months	8,948	3,063	2,048	138	3,699	41.3
January	751	269	140	6	336	44.7
February	758	274	160	9	315	41.6
March	741	238	143	11	349	47.1
April	741	260	168	9	304	41.0
May	752	261	171	10	310	41.2
June	753	243	189	16	305	40.5
July	733	250	164	12	307	41.9
August	755	247	187	11	310	41.1
September	763	248	192	12	311	40.8
October	734	257	181	12	284	38.7
November	757	265	173	16	303	40.0
December	710	251	180	14	265	37.3
Note 1 Only the 10 provinces are included. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 The eligible sampled households are those selected to fill out the diary. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes interview "No contacts", "Refusals" and "Residual non-respondents" from households selected to fill out the diary. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 The definition of usable and unusable diaries is given in the "Data processing and quality control" section. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes diary "No contacts", "Refusals" and "Residual non-respondents" from interview respondents selected to fill out the diary. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 (Usable diaries/Eligible sampled households) x 100. Return to note 6 referrer

Date modified:: 2018-12-12