User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2017
Appendix F
Imputation rates by type of imputation and recording method for the diary expenses, Canada
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Table F1
Imputation rates for goods and services including food from stores, by type of imputation and recording method, CanadaTable F1 Note 1, 2017 Table summary
This table displays the results of Imputation rates for 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
2.0
0.2
0.9
Other goods and services
3.7
0.2
2.0
All expenditures
2.7
0.2
1.3
Imputation of expenditure items (and their individual cost) from a total expense
Table F2
Imputation rates for snacks, beverages and meals purchased from restaurants or fast-food outlets, by type of imputation and recording method, CanadaTable F2 Note 1, 2017 Table summary
This table displays the results of Imputation rates for 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).
The higher imputation rate for 2017 compared to previous years is mainly due to changes made during the editing stage for this variable. Transaction record receipts from table service, “other” or “not stated” types of restaurants for which the total cost is greater than fifteen dollars are now subject to the possibility of imputing an amount for alcohol following the observed distribution of restaurant items with alcohol reported. A similar correction is made for transcribed items in the restaurant section of the diary when the respondents did not clearly indicate whether the total cost includes alcoholic beverages or not.
