Title: General social survey, cycle 10 - family, 1995. 3rd rev. ed.
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:
Funding agency:
Collector:
Distributor:
Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative
Date of distribution: 1998-07-14
Access conditions/restrictions:
University of Toronto faculty, students and staff, for academic research
and teaching purposes only. See DLI licence.
Summary:
The two primary objectives of the General Social Survey (GSS) are: to gather data on social trends in order to monitor changes in the living conditions and well being of Canadians over time; and to provide information on specific social policy issues of current or emerging interest.
This survey monitors changes in Canadian families. It collects information on: conjugal and parental history (chronology of marriages, common-law unions and children), family origins, children's home leaving, fertility intentions as well as work history and other socioeconomic characteristics.
Keywords:
families, households and housing
, family history
, family types
, household characteristics
, society and community
Geographic coverage: Canada, provinces
Time period:
Periodicity:
Date(s) of collection: 1995-01 to 1995-12
Universe:
The target population is non-institutionalized persons 15 years of age or older, living in the ten provinces.
Data type: public use microdata
Sample:
The sample was evenly distributed over the 12 months to evenly represent the seasonal variation in the information gathered. Most of the sample was selected using the Elimination of Non-working Banks techniques of Random Digit Dialing (RDD). An additional sample of 1,250 respondents sponsored by the province of Quebec was added in May and spread equally over the remaining months.
Unit of observation: individual
Mode of data collection:
Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI)
Citation:
Statistics Canada. General social survey, cycle 10 : family, 1995 - main file
[computer file].
3rd rev. ed.
Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada [producer];
Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative [distributor], 1998.
Extent of file: 3 data files (10,749, 19,542, and 10,938 logical records) & accompanying documentation
Notes:
Approximate measures of sampling variability, in the form of tables, have been developed for use.
The Approximate Variance tables have been produced using the coefficient of variation formula based on a simple random sample and the straightforward expansion estimator. Since estimates for the General Social Survey were based on a complex sample design and the complicated raking ratio estimator alluded to earlier, a factor called the Design Effect was introduced into the variance formula.The Design Effect for an estimate is the actual variance for the estimate (taking into account the design and estimator that were used) divided by the variance that would result if the estimate had been derived from a simple random sample and a simple expansion estimator. The Design Effect used to produce the Approximate Variance Tables has been determined by first calculating Design Effects for a wide range of characteristics and then choosing among these a conservative value which will not give a false impression of high precision.
It should be noted that all coefficients of variation in these tables are approximate and therefore unofficial. Estimates of actual variance for specific variables may be purchased from Statistics Canada. Use of actual variance estimates may allow users to release otherwise unreleasable estimates, i.e. estimates with coefficients of variation in the "Not for Release" range.
Related data:
Other Canadian general social surveys
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