Question
I am trying to find a comparative statistics for percent of household income spent on home energy (home energy is the sum of a) electricity, b) natural gas and c) other fuel for heating and cooking). The comparison I am looking for is between the Canadian household average, vs. the household average in Nunatsiavut, northern Labrador. The five communities that make up Nunatsiavut are: Nain, Hopedale, Postville, Makkovik and Rigolet.
I was able to find the desired information for Canadian household average, and Newfoundland and Labrador through consulting the Survey of Household Expenditure and CANSIM.
Would an RDC be able to provide statistics for percent of household income spent on home energy preferably with a breakdown for electricity, natural gas and other fuel for heating and cooking) for the smaller geographies? So, Nunatsiavut (and, if possible, Nain, Hopedale, Postville, Makkovik and Rigolet). Alternatively is there another way of getting these data?
Answer
We hope to have an internal database available in the RDC’s in March or April 2013. Note: Due to low sample counts, the smallest representative geography that SHS data produce, as a general guideline, is at the CMA or Economic Region level. After consulting the rules of suppression, maybe the E.R. or a combination of E.R.s containing the desired community or communities may be a possibility. Another possible solution would be a custom tabulation, which is cost recoverable.
Showing posts with label Household Spending and Savings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Household Spending and Savings. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Friday, October 17, 2008
Household Spending by Census Subdivisions
Question
A professor at Mount Saint Vincent University wants to create a course module in which the students will have to locate household expenditures for various census geographies in Nova Scotia including census subdivisions. Spending Patterns in Canada (62-202) provides stats for the province as a whole and Halifax. Canadian Demographics, a Financial Post annual, provides stats for municipal districts and CAs. Is there a DLI survey where I can define small areas? Would the Survey of Household Spending files provide more detail than Spending Patterns in Canada?
Answer
The Survey of Household Spending microdata files only provide data by province and a rural/urban breakdown. It does not contain any data at the CMA, CA, or census subdivision levels.
The detailed tables (aggregate statistics) from the Survey of Household Spending give summary expenditure statistics by province and for 17 CMAs (including Halifax) in the 62F0031XDB tables. You can access these tables via the DLI FTP and Web sites:
FTP: /ftp/dli/shs - Survey of Household Spending
Web: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/shs.htm
My next step would normally be to ask the author division if CSD-level expenditure data is available as a custom tabulation, but I wasn't sure if that would be helpful given that it is for a course module. Please let me know if you would still like me to enquire about the possibility of a custom
tabulation.
A professor at Mount Saint Vincent University wants to create a course module in which the students will have to locate household expenditures for various census geographies in Nova Scotia including census subdivisions. Spending Patterns in Canada (62-202) provides stats for the province as a whole and Halifax. Canadian Demographics, a Financial Post annual, provides stats for municipal districts and CAs. Is there a DLI survey where I can define small areas? Would the Survey of Household Spending files provide more detail than Spending Patterns in Canada?
Answer
The Survey of Household Spending microdata files only provide data by province and a rural/urban breakdown. It does not contain any data at the CMA, CA, or census subdivision levels.
The detailed tables (aggregate statistics) from the Survey of Household Spending give summary expenditure statistics by province and for 17 CMAs (including Halifax) in the 62F0031XDB tables. You can access these tables via the DLI FTP and Web sites:
FTP: /ftp/dli/shs - Survey of Household Spending
Web: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/Data/Ftp/shs.htm
My next step would normally be to ask the author division if CSD-level expenditure data is available as a custom tabulation, but I wasn't sure if that would be helpful given that it is for a course module. Please let me know if you would still like me to enquire about the possibility of a custom
tabulation.
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Food Consumption Statistics
Question
We have a graduate student looking for Canadian food consumption data from the 1990s by region/province and listed by major food groups (e.g grains/cereals, vegetables, dairy etc).
To help with the query these are the questions he/she wants answered:
1. which province drank the most milk in the 1990's
2. which province spends the most money or has the best access to fruits and vegetables
Will be grateful if anyone help with ideas where we can find information to address the above query.
Answer
There were 3 Family food expenditure surveys conducted by STC during the 1990s: 1990, 1992, and 1996. The DLI ftp site has summary tables, in Excel format, from the 1990 survey, as well as the public use microdata files from all three surveys (in the 'foodex' subdirectory). Summary file ffe90tab2.xls does a breakdown of expenditure by province and major food group. It would be, I think, a fairly simple matter to duplicate that table from the other two surveys. The summary file for each year will, it appears, contains only expenditure by major food group; the detailed item files contain expenditure and quantity.
We have a graduate student looking for Canadian food consumption data from the 1990s by region/province and listed by major food groups (e.g grains/cereals, vegetables, dairy etc).
To help with the query these are the questions he/she wants answered:
1. which province drank the most milk in the 1990's
2. which province spends the most money or has the best access to fruits and vegetables
Will be grateful if anyone help with ideas where we can find information to address the above query.
Answer
There were 3 Family food expenditure surveys conducted by STC during the 1990s: 1990, 1992, and 1996. The DLI ftp site has summary tables, in Excel format, from the 1990 survey, as well as the public use microdata files from all three surveys (in the 'foodex' subdirectory). Summary file ffe90tab2.xls does a breakdown of expenditure by province and major food group. It would be, I think, a fairly simple matter to duplicate that table from the other two surveys. The summary file for each year will, it appears, contains only expenditure by major food group; the detailed item files contain expenditure and quantity.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Question about census profiles
Question
A question has arisen about how to interpret something in the census profiles.
It relates to housing costs; the tables are in the last group listed under Electronic Profiles -
Income of Individuals, Families and Households, Social and Economic Characteristics of Individuals, Families and Households, Housing Costs, and Religion. These tables all have catalogue numbers from 95F0492XCB2001001 through 95F0492XCB2001009.
There are several instances like this in the subsets:
Tenant households spending 30% or more of household income on gross rent
Tenant households spending from 30% to 99% of household income on gross rent
and
Owner households spending 30% or more of household income on owner's major payments
Owner households spending from 30% to 99% of household income on owner's major payments
The second line is indented and appears to represent a subgroup under the first. The numbers in the 30%-99% group are consistently a bit lower than those in the 30% or more group.
What does this mean? The reference title "The 2001 Census Standard Products Stubsets" and the notes in the Beyond 20/20 tables do not refer to the difference between the two.
Answer
Please find the explanation from the division :
Before the data release, we consulted with different data users. Some users insisted that STC exclude households spending 100% or more of their income on shelter, on grounds that the data do not lend themselves to any meaningful interpretation and that their inclusion would skew the analyses. Other users demanded a qualifier to indicate that the 30% threshold does not necessarily and does not always mean affordability problem; but some threshold should be presented as a general indication of trends.
In response, we have released the data as:
1. Less than 30%
2. 30% or more (i.e. including 100% or more)
3. 30% to 99% (which excludes the households spending 100% or more)
The figures for category 3 would allow users to exclude households spending 100% or more on shelter, for their analyses.
The relatively high shelter cost to household income ratios for some households may have resulted from the difference in the reference period for shelter cost and household income data. The reference period for shelter cost data (gross rent for tenants, and owner’s major payments for owners) is 2001, while household income is reported for the year 2000. As well, for some households the 2000 household income may represent income for only part of a year.
A question has arisen about how to interpret something in the census profiles.
It relates to housing costs; the tables are in the last group listed under Electronic Profiles -
Income of Individuals, Families and Households, Social and Economic Characteristics of Individuals, Families and Households, Housing Costs, and Religion. These tables all have catalogue numbers from 95F0492XCB2001001 through 95F0492XCB2001009.
There are several instances like this in the subsets:
Tenant households spending 30% or more of household income on gross rent
Tenant households spending from 30% to 99% of household income on gross rent
and
Owner households spending 30% or more of household income on owner's major payments
Owner households spending from 30% to 99% of household income on owner's major payments
The second line is indented and appears to represent a subgroup under the first. The numbers in the 30%-99% group are consistently a bit lower than those in the 30% or more group.
What does this mean? The reference title "The 2001 Census Standard Products Stubsets" and the notes in the Beyond 20/20 tables do not refer to the difference between the two.
Answer
Please find the explanation from the division :
Before the data release, we consulted with different data users. Some users insisted that STC exclude households spending 100% or more of their income on shelter, on grounds that the data do not lend themselves to any meaningful interpretation and that their inclusion would skew the analyses. Other users demanded a qualifier to indicate that the 30% threshold does not necessarily and does not always mean affordability problem; but some threshold should be presented as a general indication of trends.
In response, we have released the data as:
1. Less than 30%
2. 30% or more (i.e. including 100% or more)
3. 30% to 99% (which excludes the households spending 100% or more)
The figures for category 3 would allow users to exclude households spending 100% or more on shelter, for their analyses.
The relatively high shelter cost to household income ratios for some households may have resulted from the difference in the reference period for shelter cost and household income data. The reference period for shelter cost data (gross rent for tenants, and owner’s major payments for owners) is 2001, while household income is reported for the year 2000. As well, for some households the 2000 household income may represent income for only part of a year.
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