Table 1
Methods and data sources of components used to calculate the Demosim parameters

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Table 1
Methods and data sources of components used to calculate the Demosim parameters
Table summary
This table displays the results of Methods and data sources of components used to calculate the Demosim parameters. The information is grouped by Components (appearing as row headers), Data sources and Main methods (appearing as column headers).
Components Data sources Main methods
1) Events with waiting times  
Fertility - 2011 National Household Survey (NHS);
- Vital Statistics.		 -Own-children method;
-Rates;
-Complementary log-log regressions.
Mortality -Vital Statistics;
-1991-to-2006 Census Mortality Follow-up Study;
-First Nation Client File.		 -Li-Lee projection;
-Proportional hazards regressions.
Internal migration -2001 and 2006 censuses;
-2011 NHS.		 -Complementary log-log regressions;
-Matrices;
-Rates.
Emigration -Demographic estimates;
-Longitudinal Administrative Database linked with immigration data.		 -Rates;
-Proportional hazards regressions.
Registration on the Indian Register and reclassification of registration category over an individual's lifetime -Indian Register;
-Linkage between the Indian Register and the 2011 Census/NHS.		 -Registrations/reclassifications rates with predetermined targets.
Intragenerational ethnic mobility of Aboriginal people -1996 and 2006 censuses;
-2011 NHS.		 -Residual method.
Intragenerational religious mobility -1991 and 2001 censuses;
-2011 NHS.		 -Residual method.
Intragenerational linguistic mobility -Linkages between the 2001 and 2006 censuses and the 2006 and 2011 censuses. -Multinomial regressions;
-Matrices;
-Distributions.
Acquisition of Canadian citizenship -2011 NHS. -Logistic regressions.
Change in level of education -2001 General Social Survey;
-2011 NHS.		 -Logistic regressions;
-Alignment methods.
2) Characteristics imputed annually  
Marital Status -2001 and 2006 censuses;
-2011 NHS;
-Linkage between the Indian Register and the 2011 Census/NHS.		 -Logistic regressions;
-Rates.
Head of household and head of family -2011 NHS. -Headship rates.
Labour force participation -Labour Force Survey;
-2001 and 2006 censuses;
-2011 NHS.		 -Participation rates;
-Logistic regressions.
3) Creation of individuals during the simulation  
Creation of newborns -2011 NHS;
-Linkage between the Indian Register and the 2011 Census/NHS.		 -Deterministic imputation;
-Matrices;
-Distributions;
-Multinomial regressions.
Immigration -2011 NHS;
-Data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.		 -Imputation;
-Distributions.
Non-permanent residents -2011 NHS;
-Data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.		 -Imputation;
-Distributions.
Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
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