Title: Transition home survey (THS)

Series title: Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS): justice statistics

Principal investigator(s): Statistics Canada. Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS)

Producer: Ottawa, ON: Statistics Canada. Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS)

Date of creation: varies

Funding agency:

Collector:

Distributor: Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative.

Date of distribution: varies

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

Summary: The federal government's Family Violence Initiative (1991-1995) proposed a coordinated interdepartmental action plan targeting family violence on a number of different fronts. The Transition Home Survey was one of the activities undertaken to address the need for better national information on the nature and extent of family violence in Canada. In 1992, a onepage survey was used to gather basic information on services and clientele, and in 1993 a comprehensive survey was conducted in order to respond to requests for more detailed information. In 1995, selected questions from the 1992-93 Transition Home Survey were repeated to allow for a trend analysis of these important data points.

The survey frame for the Transition Home Survey was developed during consultations with the various provincial governments and associations and every effort was made to ensure that all facilities in operation at the time of the survey were included. It is possible, however, that residential facilities which began operation after the initial set of consultations were not included in the survey. While it is assumed that the number of omissions is minimal, it is impossible to estimate the impact of this under-reporting.

The survey for 1994-95 consisted of 10 questions. Questions 1 to 3 asked for information on the operation of the facility; questions 4 to 8 were aimed at providing a one-day snapshot of the clientele served on May 31, 1995; question 9 asked for information on annual admissions; and question 10 related to services to non-residents. It is unknown to what extent a one-day 'snapshot' accurately represents all women who used shelters throughout the year. Questions relating to the residents for the May 31, 1995 'snapshot' were completed by the administrative staff of the facilities. In many cases the individual client was not consulted and records of the facility may not have included the required detail and the replies could be considered as 'to the best of your knowledge' type responses of a second party.

Keywords: Crime and justice, Family violence, Victims and victimization

Geographic coverage: Canada, provinces and territories

Time period: 1995 - [latest]; biennial

Periodicity: biennial

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Universe: This survey is a census of all residential agencies serving women who seek refuge due to situations of abuse and for other reasons. These may include, transition homes/shelters, second stage housing, safe home networks, satellites, women's emergency shelters, emergency shelters, Rural Family Violence Prevention Centres (Alberta only), Interim Housing (Manitoba only), Family Resource Centres, and any other residential facilities offering services to abused women with or without children.

Data type: aggregate time-series statistics

Sample: This survey is a census with a cross-sectional design and a longitudinal follow-up. Data are collected for all units of the target population, therefore no sampling is done

Mode of data collection: self-administered mail-back questionnaires

Citation: Statistics Canada. Municipal police force administration characteristics, 1986-2006 [computer file]. Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS)[producer]; Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative [distributor], 2007

Extent of file: 3 data files (Beyond 20/20 format; number of logical records varies)

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Related data:
Other files from Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS)
Also available in CANSIM
Miscellaneous demographic characteristics (from CCJS)

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