2017 Aboriginal Peoples Survey: derived variable for residential school attendance

February 23, 2021

Question
I would like to inquire about the methodology for creating the value 4 for the derived variable residential school attendance for the 2017 APS PUMF (please see the data dictionary screenshot below, pages 128-129).  The label Only parent(s)/grandparent(s)/other family member(s) attended seems unclear.

 

We were assuming that the value 4 is mutually exclusive of values 2 and 3 but are wondering how.  For example, does the value 4 include:

- all of the groups: parent(s), grandparent(s) and other family member(s) or

- one or more of parent(s) and grandparent(s), plus other family member(s) or

- two or more of any of the groups, parent(s), grandparent(s) and other family member(s) … ?

‘Residential school’ refers to both ‘residential schools’ and ‘federal industrial schools’

 

In categories 2, 3, 4 and 5, the respondent may not have attended a residential school

 

Categories 3 and 4: ‘Other family members’ include the respondent’s current spouse or

 

NOTE: Categories include situations where non-attendance by any family members

 

NOTE: Categories include situations where non-attendance by any family members

 

Source: Derived Variable - Derived from: RS_05, RS_10A, RS_10B, RS_10C, RS_10D

Answer Categories Code Frequency Weighted Frequency % Respondent attended 1 1,169 41,107 4.1

Answer

All the categories for the derived variable DRSCHATT are mutually exclusive. The data dictionary indicates which persons are considered ‘other family’ members, and category 4 includes only these persons, not any parents or grandparents of the respondent.

 

Here are the specifications used to create the derived variable:

Specifications
Value	Condition(s)	Description
1	RS_Q05 = 1 and RS_Q10A = 2 and RS_Q10B = 2 and RS_Q10C in (2, 3) and RS_Q10D in (2, 3)	Only respondent attended
2	RS_Q05 in (2, 6) and (RS_Q10A = 1 or RS_Q10B = 1) and RS_Q10C in (2, 3) and RS_Q10D in (2, 3)	Only parent(s) or grandparent(s) attended
3	RS_Q05 = 1 and (RS_Q10A = 1 or RS_Q10B = 1) and RS_Q10C in (2, 3) and RS_Q10D in (2, 3)	Only respondent and parent(s) or grandparent(s) attended
4	RS_Q05 in (2, 6) and RS_Q10A = 2 and RS_Q10B = 2 and (RS_Q10C = 1 or RS_Q10D = 1)	Only other family members attended
5	RS_Q05 = 1 and (RS_Q10A = 1 or RS_Q10B = 1) and (RS_Q10C = 1 or RS_Q10D = 1)	Respondent, parent(s) or grandparent(s), and other family members attended
6	RS_Q05 = 1 and RS_Q10A = 2 and RS_Q10B = 2 and (RS_Q10C = 1 or RS_Q10D = 1)	Only respondent and other family members attended
7	RS_Q05 in (2, 6) and (RS_Q10A = 1 or RS_Q10B = 1) and (RS_Q10C = 1 or RS_Q10D = 1)	Only parent(s) or grandparent(s) and other family members attended
8	RS_Q05 in (2, 6) and RS_Q10A = 2 and RS_Q10B = 2 and RS_Q10C in (2, 3) and RS_Q10D in (2, 3)	Neither respondent nor any family members attended
99	else	NS