Finding Census Data E. Hamilton November 2003 The Census Quartet Finding Census Data E. Hamilton November 2003
And three Post-Censal Surveys! Products & Access Population & Dwelling Counts 100% sample, all geography levels Profiles Place-based counts for varying levels of geography Topic Based Tabulations Cross-tabulations for varying levels of geography Public Use Microdata Files 3% sample data file for the more ambitious And three Post-Censal Surveys! E. Hamilton
Coming 1 Dec. 2003… “Find Data” gone E. Hamilton
Search by Topic=Browse List E. Hamilton
Search by Topic: Results Presented by type: highlight tables profile tables, topic-based tables E. Hamilton
Geography search results In order of: Highlights Profiles Topic Based Tabulations E. Hamilton
Other searches? E. Hamilton
Searching: Still a Hidden Gem… E. Hamilton
Topic Based Tabulations Select theme or search by catalogue number, by variable, by place name, by release date E. Hamilton
Topic Based Tabulations: Place name searching MUN 2003 Topic Based Tabulations: Place name searching Watch capitalization—very important!! Fredericton Watch capital letters “River of Ponds” Select geography (295 for CA; 159 for CSD) View tables (all) and use find to move through file E. Hamilton
HTML View E. Hamilton
Beyond 20/20 View E. Hamilton
Boolean Searching MUN 2003 Not Fredericton; use level of geography E. Hamilton
Census Access: Review Access Product All values*? All geography? B2020 Public Community Profiles Web; free No; n=13 No TBT To CT level; No FSA or DA No Census 2001 web site To CT level DSP Census via E-Stat Web; public on-site use No, n=35 Yes Yes, n=95 TBT TBT to CMA/CA DLI Web/FTP; restricted All geographies except block face “n” refers to values of religion available for viewing. For example, Community Profiles gives data for 13 religions while DLI gives data on 95 religions at all levels of geography E. Hamilton
Beyond 20/20 Exercise The Shell Game
Beyond 20/20 Software used to display aggregate data Allows customization of tables Value selection Nesting Geographic code labels Export possible to multiple formats E. Hamilton
Beyond 20/20: Starting point E. Hamilton
Intermediate Step… shifts in religion, 1971-2001 E. Hamilton
Beyond 20/20: Finishing point Example of Excel option with geocodes E. Hamilton