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Title: General social survey, cycle 15 - family history, 2001. Rev. ed. 2004-08-12

Series title: General social surveys

Principal investigator(s): Statistics Canada. General Social Surveys

Producer: Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. General Social Surveys (12M0015XCB)

Date of creation: 2004-08-12

Funding agency:

Collector:

Distributor: Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative

Date of distribution: 2004-08-17

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: 2001-02 to 2001-12

Periodicity:

Date(s) of collection: 2001-02 to 2001-12

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: cross-sectional probability sample

Unit of observation: individual

Mode of data collection: Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI)

Citation: Statistics Canada. General social survey, cycle 15 : family history, 2001 [computer file]. Rev. ed. 2004-08-17. Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada [producer]; Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative [distributor], Aug. 2004

Extent of file: 3 data files (24,310, 24,495 and 41,279 logical records) & accompanying documentation