University of Toronto. Data Library Service

Title: General social survey, cycle 3 - personal risk - 1988.

Series title: General social surveys

Principal investigator(s): Statistics Canada. Housing, Family and Social Statistics Division.

Producer: Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. Housing, Family and Social Statistics Division

Date of creation: 1990

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Distributor: Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. Housing, Family and Social Statistics Division for the CARL Consortium for the cycle 1-5 General Social Surveys

Date of distribution: 1990-08-02

Access conditions/restrictions: University of Toronto faculty, students and staff, for academic research and teaching purposes only. See DLI licence.

Summary: The third annual cycle of the General Social Survey concentrated on the personal risk of crime victimization and accidents. The following types of information were collected: attitudes to various components of the justice system; awareness of victim services; perception of risk with regard to accidents and crime incidents; and information on the kind and number of times the respondent had been involved in an accident or crime incident. Only accidents which occurred during 1987 and interrupted the respondents normal activities for at least half a day, or caused expenses of 200.00 or more, were reported. Similarly, only crime incidents which occurred between January 1st and December 31st 1987 were in scope. Each time an accident or criminal victimization was reported, a report was completed collecting details about the incident - month of year of occurrence, time of day, location, and the resulting financial and health impacts.

Keywords: Accidents , Alcohol consumption , Country of origin , Crime statistics , Crimes and offences , Criminal courts , Ethnic origin , Incidents reported , Income , Injuries , Marital status , Mother tongue , Occupations , Personal risk , Police services , Questionnaires , Religion , Suspect victim relationships , Target groups , Type of dwelling: Victims

Geographic coverage: Canada, provinces

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Date(s) of collection: 1988-01-22 to 1988-02-27

Universe: Includes persons aged 15 years and older living in one of the ten provinces; excludes residents of institutions, and persons who live in the Yukon and Northwest Territories

Data type: public use microdata

Sample: random-digit dialing

Unit of observation: individual

Mode of data collection: telephone or face-to-face interviews

Citation: Statistics Canada. General social survey cycle 3 : personal risk - 1988 [computer file]. Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. Housing, Family and Social Statistics Division [producer & distributor], 1990.

Extent of file: 1 data file (11,698 logical records) & accompanying documentation

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Related data: other General social surveys

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Bibliography

  • Patterns of criminal victimization in Canada (STC Cat. no. 11-612E, no. 2)
  • Accidents in Canada (STC Cat. no. 11-612E, no. 3)
  • Guidelines for working with cycle three normalized record structure files and it's multiple weighting factors; Household property crime (STC Cat. no. 11-008-XPE, Spring 1990, no. 16)
  • Perceptions of the Justice System (STC Cat. no. 11-008-XPE, Winter 1990, no. 19)
  • Computer literacy (STC (Cat. 11-008-XPE, Winter 1990, no. 19)
  • General social survey: bibliography [UT/DLS rev. ed. 2004-07-22]