CCHS 2.2 nutrition

Question

When will the nutrition portion of the Canadian Community Health Survey 2.2 be released? The last information we had said August 2006.

Does a pumf for that portion of the survey need to be so different from the pumfs produced for the Nutrition Canada Survey?

Answer

We are not sure when the PUMF on Nutrition, 2.2, will be released. The Health Division was sent back to the drawing table and they are now working with Health Canada in finding what would be the appropriate roll-up for not divulgating third party information. As I mentionned before, we have to be very careful not to release information on third party that will breach confidentiality as well as it could be perceived as releasing market information (brand, consumption of one product versus another, market share, etc.). This is why they need to find the appropriate roll-up of information that will provide appropriate information and at the same time protect sensive information.

The content is quite different from other surveys and confidentiality is not only concerning identifying individuals but also related to sensitive market information related to what people eat or drink.

It's a brand new perspective and Statistics Canada has to be very careful on the information released.