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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

 

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