1. DLI Ontario Training December 7, 2016 Jane Fry and Kristi Thompson
Product Updates: Surveys on Labour, Household Spending, Justice, and Post-Census
DLI Ontario Training
December 7, 2016
Jane Fry and Kristi Thompson

2. Outline Where to find info about STC surveys Labour Force Survey
Labour Force Historical Review
Survey of Household Spending
Crime and Justice Data
Post-Census Surveys
APS, ACS, HALS, PALS, CSD

3. Finding information about STC Surveys
Formerly known as IMDB
Now known as
Definitions, data sources and methods
Not the most obvious of titles
Quite informative

4. Source: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/concepts/index

5. Source: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/concepts/index

6. Labour Force Survey Background Record #3701
Abstract: “The Labour Force Survey provides estimates of employment and unemployment which are among the most timely and important measures of performance of the Canadian economy.”
Developed following Second World War
1945
quarterly
Reference:

7. LFS (cont’d) Conducted monthly Main objective Starting in 1952
Divide working-age population into 3 groups
Provide descriptive and explanatory data
Employed
Unemployed
Not in the labour force
“to satisfy a need for reliable and timely data on the labour market. Information was urgently required on the massive labour market changes involved in the transition from a war to a peace-time economy. “
3 grps – mutually exclusive classifications

8. LFS (cont’d) Data used to produce Unemployment rate
Other standard labour market indicators
Employment estimates (cross-classifiable by various demographics) by
Industry
Occupation
Public and private sector
Hours worked …
- Employment rate, participation rate

9. LFS (cont’d) Data used By different levels of gov’t
For evaluation and planning of employment programs By
labour market analysts
Economists
Consultants
Planners
Forecasters
Academics

10. LFS (cont’d) Reference period Collection period Survey results
Usually the week of the 15th
Collection period
The week following the reference period
Survey results
released 10 days after completion of data collection
Exclusions – less than 2%
Provinces and territories
Excluded from the survey's coverage are: persons living on reserves and other Aboriginal settlements in the provinces; full-time members of the Canadian Armed Forces, the institutionalized population, and households in extremely remote areas with very low population density.

11. LFS (cont’d) Target population Instrument design No questions
Civilian, non-institutionalized
15 years of age and over
Nationwide
Instrument design
Current questionnaire designed in 1997
Significant changes from previous one
No questions
Are you a temporary foreign worker
- Changes - to address existing data gaps, improve data quality and make more use of the power of Computer Assisted Interviewing (CAI). Add new questions; restructure questionnaire for better flow of questions

12. LFS (cont’d) Sampling Sample survey Cross-sectional design
Rotating panel sample design
~56,000 hhlds
Collects labour force info on all civilian hhld members over 15 yrs old
~100,000 individuals
- Rotating - selected dwellings remain in the LFS sample for six consecutive months.

13. LFS (cont’d) Subjects Employment and unemployment
Hours of work and work arrangements
Industries
Labour
Occupations
Unionization and industrial relations
Wages, salaries and other earnings

14. LFS (cont’d) Documentation includes: LFS Geographical Maps
based on 2011 Census boundaries
Concordance Files
(See next slide for example)
Classifications
NAICS 2012
NOC 2011
Following most recent census
At that time, all LFS data back to the previous census is re-weighted using the new population estimates (since the new population estimates will cover the inter-censal period between the two most recent censuses), and all corresponding historical LFS estimates are revised.
Therefore, at the beginning of 2015, all estimates were adjusted to reflect 2011 Census population counts and LFS estimates have been revised back to January Also, Census metropolitan areas (CMAs), Economic regions (ERs) and Census agglomerations are based on 2011 Census boundaries rather than 2006 boundaries.
North American Industry Classification System
National Occupational Classification

15. Concordance Files
Reference:
- concordance files - Tables based on and 2011 Census information

16. LFS (cont’d) Changes Estimation – January 2000 Major re-design
in 1976 and again in 1997
Estimation – January 2000
all estimates adjusted to reflect population counts based on 1996 Census (aka rebasing)
Composite estimation – reduce volatility of month-to-month changes
Revisions and seasonal adjustments
Reference:
- Check this reference for other changes

17. LFS (cont’d) Types of data Microdata Aggregate data
“Regrettably, the microdata files are solely available going back to 1976, inclusively; nothing before that.”
STC Nesstar (fully bilingual)
ODESI
Aggregate data
Summary Tables
CANSIM
B20/20 WDS Special
Odesi - Replication of research
How can they do it if they cannot access the original data
We are lucky in Ontario because ODESI has a dark archive that keeps all the old LFS before rebasing
Nov 2015 – Went to polling station by immigrant, age, sex
Nov 2015 – Used Elections Canada’s online ser4vice to check, update or complete voter registration by immigrant, age, sex
Nov 2015 – Voting estimate and rate by immigrant, age, sex
Nov Reason for not voting by immigrant, sex, age

18. LFS (cont’d)
Reference:
Click under Tables

19. LFS (cont’d)
Reference:

20. LFS (cont’d) Publications General
Information for analysts and researchers
Historical Statistics of Canada

21. Labour Force Historical Review
A comprehensive database of LFS estimates, containing thousands of cross-classified data series.
Monthly and annual average series available on a wide range of subjects, including:
labour force status by demographic, education and family characteristics;
trends in the labour markets of metropolitan areas;
economic regions;
data by industry and occupation, wages and union membership;
and much more.
This annual product is a comprehensive database of Labour Force Survey estimates, containing thousands of cross-classified data series and spanning more than three decades, generally starting from Monthly and annual average series are available on a wide range of subjects, including labour force status by demographic, education and family characteristics; trends in the labour markets of metropolitan areas; economic regions; data by industry and occupation, wages and union membership; and much more.
Each issue of 71F0004x comprises a revised seasonally adjusted estimates using the latest seasonal factors, covering the latest three years' period.
Frequency: Annual
Status: Discontinued (DVD, CD-ROM)

22. LFHR (cont’d) 3 CD-ROMs 1976 to 2010 Discontinued Aggregate data
B20/20 format
Presentation
Sandra Keys
April 2006
York

23. LFHR (cont’d) Where else? ODESI

24. Other Labour Surveys The Labour Family Elizabeth Hamilton, April 2006
Labour Force Survey (LFS)
Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH)
Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID)
Census
Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD)
Survey of Household Spending (SHS)
Survey of Financial Security (SFS)
Employment Insurance Statistics (EIS)
Annual Estimates of Employment, Earnings and Hours (AEEEH)
Estimates of Labour Income (ELI)

25. Survey of household Spending

26. Overview
Collects data on household expenditures, housing characteristics and demographics, and combines with income data from tax records
Used by Statistics Canada to help calculate the gross domestic product and update the proportions (weights) of the Consumer Price Index
Many federal and provincial government departments use the data to develop social and economic policies and programs

27. The Spending Surveys
Survey of Household Spending current, annual
Survey of Family Expenditure, 1969 – 1996, intermittent
Family Food Expenditure Survey, 1984 – 2001, very intermittent
Homeowner Repair and Renovation and Energy Retrofit,
Household Energy Use 1993

28. The 2010 Revisions: Methodology
Now incorporates a two-week expenditure diary in addition to questionnaire with recall periods based on the type of expenditure
2009 and earlier only had questionnaire
Should be more accurate for capturing frequent expenses
Data on income and income taxes now come mainly from the T1
More accurate, but not comparable
The category “Income taxes” replaces the category “Personal taxes”, which included certain other forms of tax
Spread data collection over the entire year rather than January-March

29. The 2010 Revisions: Questionnaire
Incorporated some questions from the Family Food Expenditure Survey
Eliminated some questions about ownership of household items such as appliances and heating equipment,
Parking expenses now included in rent
Expenditures for "Games of chance" are no longer net of the winnings
Child’s board now included in child care rather than food
For more detail on revisions see here.

30. PUMF We Miss You What’s Available.
Last PUMF released in 2009, no word on any new ones
ODESI has Excel standard tables files 1997 – 2011
CANSIM has standard tables from 2010 to 2014
2010 – 2011 ODESI data is redundant
Pre 2010 data is not comparable with later
Available through the RDCs up to 2014, though metadata only available for 2009 on Statistics Canada Nesstar
Custom SHS tabulations available
As with CANSIM geography is province or select CMA only

31. Blip

32. Tips for Comparing Data Over Time
“Use caution interpreting”
For household expenses collected using the same interview format both pre- and post-2010, less an issue
See details of what is collected using each method here

33. Some Possible Alternatives
Canadian Financial Capability Survey 2012 & 2008
Survey of Financial Security, 2012
World Bank Global Financial Inclusion Survey 2014 & 2011, Canada file?
Selected U. S. consumer surveys
Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey
Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finance (includes oversample of wealthy households)
University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers

34. Crime and Justice Data

35. Crime and Justice (cont’d)
Reference:

36. Crime and Justice (cont’d)
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey
Since 1962
Annual
Info on all criminal incidents substantiated and reported by Canadian police
General Social Survey on Victimization
Every 5 years
Victims’ experiences with crime
These incidents may not be known by police
These 2 surveys are complementary and are the main sources of data on crime in Canada
Note – GSS link only for latest one

37. Crime and Justice (cont’d)
Adult Correctional Services
Annual
Started
“Data on the delivery of adult correctional services from both the provincial/territorial and federal correctional services”
Homicide Survey
Since 1961 (some data) and 1974 (on all homicides)
“Police-reported data on the characteristics of all murder incidents, victims and accused persons”

38. Crime and Justice (cont’d)
Legal Aid Survey
Annual
Since
“information on revenues, expenditures, personnel, and caseload statistics associated with the delivery and administration of legal aid in Canada.”
Police Administration Survey
Since 1962
“to collect baseline information on police personnel and expenditures”
Note – even tho it may have started in 1962, there may not be data available since then

39. Crime and Justice (cont’d)
Transition Home Survey
Every 2 years
Since
“to collect data on residential services for abused women and their children”
Victim Services Survey
Occasional
Since (5 cycles)
“to collect information on victim service agencies”

40. Crime and Justice (cont’d)
Youth Court Survey
Annual to
“to develop and maintain a database of statistical information on appearances, charges, and cases in youth courts.”
Youth Custody and Community Services
Since
“to provide important indicators as to the nature and case characteristics of youth in correctional services”

41. Crime and Justice (cont’d)
Adult and Youth Recidivism in Canada Special Study
Adult Correctional Services
Alternative Measures Survey for Youth
A One Day Snapshot in Canada's Correctional Facilities
Civil Court Survey
Courts Resources, Expenditures and Personnel Survey
Crime Survey
Integrated Criminal Court Survey
Legal Aid Survey
Pilot Survey on Police-Reported Hate Crimes
Police Administration Survey
RCMP Public Complaints Commission (PCC) Survey
Survey of Fraud Against Businesses
Transition Home Survey
Victim Services Survey
Violence Against Women Survey
Youth Court Survey
Youth Shelter Pilot Survey …
From list of surveys that I reference later on

42. Crime and Justice (cont’d)
Data available
Microdata (STC Nesstar and ODESI)
GSS 28 (2014)
GSS 23 (2009)
GSS 18 (2004)
GSS 13 (1999)
GSS 8 (1993)
GSS 3 (1988)
Victims of Crime Survey, Edmonton (1985) (ODESI only)

43. Crime and Justice (cont’d)
Aggregate data (WDS)
A multidimensional table viewer allowing users to work with IVT online

45. Crime and Justice (cont’d)
Aggregate data (ODESI)
- Except Victims of Crime Survey, Edmonton (microdata!)

46. Crime and Justice (cont’d)
Aggregate data: CANSIM (150 tables)

47. Crime and Justice (cont’d)
Research Data Centres
GSS Victimization (8 files)
Including a North Supplement for 2009 and 2014
Homicide Survey (March 2014 to 2017)
Integrated Criminal Courts Survey ( to )
UCR (Uniform Crime Reporting Survey) (March 2006 to 2016)
UCR – Hate Crime Module (Spring 2015 to March 2017)
Youth in Transition Survey ( , Cycle 1 to , Cycle 6)
Longitudinal

48. Crime and Justice (cont’d)
Example of Changes
Integrated Criminal Court Survey
Formerly Adult Criminal Court Survey and Youth Court Survey
Transition Home Survey
Started as a supplement to the Residential Care Facilities Survey
To provide more detailed information about services for victims of family violence
- Check out STC webpage for more info and details

49. Crime and Justice (cont’d)
Other resources
List of Surveys (27)
Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics Profile Series (85F0033M)
STC Publications (65)
Information for Analysts and Researchers (51)
DLI Training Repository
Access to Justice Data, Kathy AuCoin, 2013
Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, 2005 …

50. The post-census surveys: APS & ACS, HALS / PALS / CSD

51. Please Note:
I am not dealing with issues stemming from the change from the Long Form Census to NHS in 2011.

52. Aboriginal People’s Survey
Aboriginal Children's Survey, covering children under 6, done once, in 2006
APS covers children over 6 as well as adults, done 1991, 2001, 2006, 2012
Target population changes in 2012…
Note that like 2006, 2012 does not cover on-reserve population

53. APS and NHS
APS supplements the data collected in the NHS / long form census with additional questions on education, employment, health and other topics
NHS is the survey underlying most of the tables in the Aboriginal module of the Statistics Canada web site
While NHS / long form data has comprehensive outcomes data on education and employment, APS adds detail on pathways to and through education, informal education, and work, as well as recollections of school experiences
Much of this data has not (yet) been mined in the published tables

54. Comparing Between Cycles
"In 2012, the Aboriginal ancestry-only population was no longer part of the survey's target population… different post-stratification strategies were used in 2006 and 2012, making it inadvisable to compare the Aboriginal identity population estimates between the two survey cycles."
Ancestry-only population from NHS was sampled in case they later chose to report aboriginal identity in the APS, but those who did not do so do not appear in the final sample
"Comparing population estimates between the two surveys is not recommended. However, proportions between the two survey cycles can be compared…"
Adding to the issue the wording of the aboriginal identity question is different

55. Questionnaire Changes
2012 has more detailed questions on education and employment than in previous surveys, particularly including a focus on details of education below high school, reasons for not completing further education, presence of Aboriginal teachers
Health supplement: new (one-time?) questions on health include a detailed module on mental health, suicide (2006 asked if this was a problem in the community but not about personal experience)
Residential school experience questions

56. Data Access PUMF, RDC file, RTRA all available
A large collection of one-year CANSIM tables (2012 is the first APS in CANSIM) 
DLI has a collection of Excel tables on education and employment produced to support an analytic report, available on ODESI
2006 data released in a variety of reports and tables
For 2006 and 2001 (ODESI), APS data was released in a collection of community profiles, available on the Statistics Canada web site and ODESI

57. Alternatives / Supplements
First Nations Regional Surveys: Health, Early Childhood, Education and Employment
Community Survey is forthcoming
Microdata not readily available
 Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study: Environics, archived at University of Winnipeg
Microdata potentially available on request
Aboriginal variables in PUMFS such as GSS can also be useful

58. HALS / PALS / CSD
“The concepts and methods used to measure disability in the 2012 Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) represent a significant departure from those used in the 2006 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS). The most important change is that the two surveys used a different definition of disability…  it is neither possible nor recommended to compare the prevalence of disability over time between these two sources.”

59. Continuity Alternatives
CCHS has reasonably useful modules on activity limitations and specific physical and mental disabilities, and comparable data going back to See Health Indicators as well as CANSIM
GSS has occasional health modules with disability questions going back further – check specific questions for comparability

60. At least for now.
“Note that an additional shorter version of the DSQ has also been developed (…) for identifying persons with a disability on general population surveys at Statistics Canada. This will allow for the reliable identification of persons with disabilities on national surveys of the general population on a more frequent basis…”

61. Data Access
CSD is available in the RDCs as well as through RTRA; PUMF will not be produced
CANSIM tables cover disability prevalence and type, severity, workplace outcomes, and other sources of income
Tables supplement various analytic reports
Note that official acronym CSD is not a useful search term for finding discussion of this survey in the DLI list and elsewhere

62. In Summary … You have learned Where to find info about STC surveys
Labour Force Survey
Labour Force Historical Review
Survey of Household Spending
Crime and Justice Data
Post-Census Surveys
APS, ACS, HALS, PALS, CSD

63. Questions

64. Contact Information
Jane Fry Data Services Librarian, MADGIC MacOdrum Library Carleton University x1121
Kristi Thompson Data Librarian; Systems; Liaison, Mathematics and Statistics Leddy Library University of Windsor X3858