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THE ETHNIC DIVERSITY SURVEY Content and Data Availability

Statistics Canada. Canadian Heritage. Statistique Canada. Patrimoine canadien. THE ETHNIC DIVERSITY SURVEY Content and Data Availability. Ethnic Diversity Survey objectives.

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THE ETHNIC DIVERSITY SURVEY Content and Data Availability

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  1. Statistics Canada Canadian Heritage Statistique Canada Patrimoine canadien THE ETHNIC DIVERSITY SURVEYContent and Data Availability

  2. Ethnic Diversity Survey objectives • To provide information on the ethnic and cultural backgrounds of people in Canada and how these backgrounds relate to their lives today • To provide information to better understand how Canadians of different ethnic backgrounds interpret and report their ethnicity • Survey funded jointly by Statistics Canada and the Department of Canadian Heritage

  3. Target population & sample design • Non-Aboriginal individuals aged 15 and older living in private dwellings in Canada’s ten provinces • 57,200 persons selected to be interviewed between April and August 2002 • Two-phase stratified sampling design based on responses to the 2001 Census ethnic origin, birthplace & birthplace of parents questions; 15strata were created

  4. Reference period & data collection • Computer Assisted Telephone interviews April to August 2002 • Average length of interview: 35 to 45 minutes • No proxy reporting • 42,500 respondents: response rate = 75.6%

  5. English French Mandarin Cantonese Italian Punjabi Portuguese Vietnamese Spanish Languages of interview

  6. Response Rates Total cases 57,242 100% Out-of-scope 1,026 2% Cases in-scope 56,216 98% Final Response Rate 42,480 76% Complete 41,097 73% Partial 1,383 3% Non response* 13,736 24% *Includes no contact, refusals, interviews prevented due to the respondent’s medical/ physical condition, language barriers, respondents absent for the duration of the survey, etc.

  7. Content development • Theoretical framework developed • Balance of content, response burden and manageable costs • Operationalization of concepts into workable questions to be asked of a diverse population • Consultation with Advisory Committees • Focus groups, one-on-one testing, pilot test

  8. Survey themes & questionnaire content • Entry • Age, sex, marital status • Family / household composition • Ethnic self-definition • Ethnic ancestry • Ethnic identity • Importance of ancestries and identities

  9. Survey themes and content (continued) • Respondent background • Birthplace • Citizenship • Year of immigration • Other countries lived in • Visible minority status • Religion: importance of, participation

  10. Survey themes and content (continued) • Knowledge & use of languages • First language: understood & spoken • Knowledge of languages • Home languages • Languages used with friends • Languages used with family to age 15 • Languages used at work

  11. Survey themes and content (continued) • Family background • Ethnicity, first language, highest level of schooling and religion of mother and father • Birthplace of parents and grandparents • Ethno-cultural, immigration, language, education and religion data for spouse • Language data for child aged 3 or older

  12. Survey themes and content (continued) • Family Interaction • Frequency of contact with family living in Canada • Frequency of contact with family living in parents’ & grandparents’ birthplaces and in other countries • Visits to country of birth & parents’ & grandparents countries of birth

  13. Survey themes and content (continued) • Social Networks • Friends in ethnic group, up until respondent was age 15 and now • For 2 highest rated ancestry groups other than “Canadian” • Importance of carrying on customs and traditions • For 2 highest rate ancestry groups other than “Canadian” ranked a 4 or 5 in importance in ID module

  14. Survey themes and content (continued) • Civic Participation • Participation in groups or organizations in the past 12 months (ethnic and other types) • Frequency of participation (for 3 groups) • Ethnicity of co-members (for 3 groups) • For 2 highest rated ancestry groups other than “Canadian” ranked a 4 or 5 in importance in ID module • Volunteering (for 3 groups) • Voting in federal, provincial & municipal elections

  15. Survey themes and content (continued) • Interaction with Society • Feeling uncomfortable because of ethnicity, culture, race, language, religion: up until the age of 15 and now • Discrimination or unfair treatment in the past 5 years as a result of ethno-cultural characteristics: frequency, reason & place • Hate crime: experience, reason & worry

  16. Survey themes and content (continued) • Attitudes • Rating of sense of belonging to family, ethnic group, town/ city/ municipality, province, Canada, North America • Trust & Satisfaction • General life satisfaction • Trust: general, family, neighbours, people at work or school

  17. Survey themes and content (continued) • Socio-economic activities • Highest level of schooling, country of schooling & current school attendance • Labour force questions, occupation, industry & income (personal & household) • Ethnicity of co-workers • For 2 highest rated ancestry groups other than “Canadian” ranked a 4 or 5 in importance in ID module

  18. Ethnic Diversity Survey products • Official release in Statistics Canada’s The Daily September 29, 2003 • Analytic article: Ethnic Diversity Survey: portrait of a multicultural society • Analytical file at Research Data Centres • Custom tabulations • Possible Public Use Microdata File (2005)

  19. Research Data Centres (RDCs) • University of British Columbia • University of Calgary • University of Alberta • University of Manitoba • University of Western Ontario • University of Waterloo • University of Toronto • McMaster University • University of Montréal • University of New Brunswick • Dalhousie University

  20. Analytical data file at RDC’s • Access granted through Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council: http://www.sshrc.ca/web/apply/program_descriptions/ciss_reseach_data_e.asp • Output subject to Statistics Canada’s confidentiality rules, disclosure analysis, data quality, etc.

  21. Final content of the Analytical File • All content from the survey (raw data) • Derived variables • Some 2001 Census information (e.g. major field of study, number of rooms in dwelling) • Postal code and other detailed geographic identifiers are present

  22. Documentation available • Survey overview and questionnaire: http://www.statcan.ca/english/sdds/4508.htm • Codebooks with and without frequencies • Users’ Guide • WesVar Users’ Guide (bootstrap weights)

  23. Survey weights • Final weights & bootstrap weights (used to determine coefficients of variation) are included on the Analytical File present in the RDCS • A weight is associated with each respondent and must be used for all estimates and analysis

  24. The use of survey weights is crucial • The sampling ratio differs widely from one strata to another; • The final weight assigned to each respondent underwent numerous adjustments for non-response and post-stratification; • The weighting of data ensure that the EDS sample is representative of the target population; • Without the weights : false / misleading results for most types of analysis.

  25. WesVar software • Used to verify coefficients of variation (cvs) • Can also be used for regression analysis • WesVar reads .ssd, .xpt, .sav, .dat and .txt files • Does not alter the original file, but creates a new one; can be used to view or print output • Tip: include all the variables in the first WesVar file you create - otherwise you will need to repeat later and importing files can be slow

  26. Analysis: Level of geography • Good quality data are generally available at national, regional and provincial levels and for Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver CMAs; • Atlantic provinces are always aggregated; • Counts at the census subdivision and municipality level are generally small and the results of survey estimations will probably be unreliable and/or the results may be unsuitable for publication because of the risk of statistical disclosure.

  27. Analysis: Complexity of data • Some concepts are similar yet distinctly different from one another: ancestry, identity, visible minority status, language, religion, etc. • Multiple response variables: e.g. ethnic ancestry, identity, languages, organizations, etc. • Follow-up questions for some topics: (a) universe is restricted; (b) requires link to inserted ethnic ancestry/language/group or organization.

  28. Questions? Jennifer Chard Senior Analyst, Ethnicity & Immigration Statistics Vancouver, B.C. 604-666-8880 jennifer.chard@statcan.ca Marjorie Kirk Technical Manager Ethnic Diversity Survey Ottawa, Ontario 613-951-5527 marjorie.kirk@statcan.ca

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