2. The Census Quartet Finding Census Data E. Hamilton November 2003 ACCOLEDS Training December 2003

3. 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

4. Coming 1 Dec. 2003… “Find Data” gone  E. Hamilton

5. Search by Topic=Browse List E. Hamilton

6. Search by Topic: Results E. Hamilton Presented by type: highlight tables profile tables, topic-based tables

7. Geography search results In order of: Highlights Profiles Topic Based Tabulations E. Hamilton

8. Other searches? E. Hamilton

9. Searching: Still a Hidden Gem … E. Hamilton

10. Topic Based Tabulations Select theme or search by catalogue number, by variable, by place name, by release date E. Hamilton

11. Topic Based Tabulations: Place name searching Fredericton E. Hamilton Watch capitalization— very important!!

12. HTML View E. Hamilton

13. Beyond 20/20 View E. Hamilton

14. Boolean Searching E. Hamilton

15. Census Access: Review AccessProduct All values*? All geography?B2020 PublicCommunity Profiles Web; free No; n=13 No TBT To CT level; No FSA or DA No PublicCensus 2001 web site Web; free No; n=13 No TBT To CT level No FSA or DA No DSPCensus via E-Stat Web; public on-site use No, n=35 No TBT To CT level; No FSA or DA Yes DSPCensus 2001 web site Web; public on-site use Yes, n=95 TBT No FSA or DA TBT to CMA/CA Yes DLICensus 2001 web site Web/FTP; restricted Yes, n=95 TBT All geographies except block face Yes “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

16. Beyond 20/20 Exercise The Shell Game

17. 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

18. Beyond 20/20: Starting point E. Hamilton

19. Intermediate Step… shifts in religion, 1971-2001 E. Hamilton

20. Beyond 20/20: Finishing point Example of Excel option with geocodes E. Hamilton