Bootstrap Weights for CCHS 2104 Annual Component

Question:
A student here is looking for the bootstrap weights file (b5.txt) that  is described in the documentation for CCHS 2014 Annual. It does not appear on or on the EFT site; indeed, I cannot find any trace of CCHS 2014 on the EFT site. Any ideas as to where we might find this file?

Answer:
 The 2014 annual file can be found here: /MAD_PUMF_FMGD_DAM/Root/3226_CCHS-Ann_ESCC-Ann/2013-14/2014

I myself do not see any bootstrap datasets so I will need to go back to subject matter with this one.

Subject matter has responded with the following:

"Please note that the 2014 CCHS PUMF did not contain Boostrap weights data. It was not distributed because it did not exist at the time, we only started introducing the Boostraps with the 2015 Pumf."

Census of Population 2016 PUMF

We are pleased to inform you that the following products are now available.

Census of Population 2016 PUMF – Individuals

EFT: /MAD_PUMF_FMGD_DAM/Root/3901_Census-Pop_Recens-Pop/2016

Phone App Download Data

Question:
I was wondering if anyone had any leads on where to look for this data request:

“I am looking for data on the number of downloads of dating applications (phone apps) in Canada from 2012-present”

I’ve looked around but haven’t found any data that is publicly available.  Maybe it’s just been one of those days…

Secondly, Statista seems to have a lot of aggregated data from reports and I was curious if anyone here has a subscription to it and how they find the site?

Answer:
We’ve received the following response from subject matter:

“The Canadian Internet Use Survey (CIUS) 2018 contains questions related to online activities such as using the Internet for a dating website or app.

The survey is currently in collection and the results will be released in the Fall 2019.

Another source to check with would be the Digital economy Survey, July 2017 to June 2018,

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/180829/dq180829b-eng.htm they might have some information related to dating apps.”

Questions about the Public Service Employee Survey

Question:
I have a researcher who is asking about the “Public Service Employee Survey”.  The last available PUMF is 2008.  They are wondering if any more PUMF’s are available or planned.   I see that the survey was redesigned in 2008.  I suspect the answer is no more PUMFs but it never hurts to ask.

Also, the PUMF lists responses by “Respondent ID”.   I researcher would like to know if the “Respondent ID” remain consistant over time.  Ie.  Is the same respondent referred to by the “respondent ID” in different PUMFs.

Answer:
Here is the response from subject matter:

“TBS (the sponsoring client for PSES) did not request PUMFs for any cycle after 2008, so unfortunately these are not available.  The master file is available in the RDC, but there are restrictions on who is able to access it (to avoid employers seeing responses from, or being able to identify, their employees). 

For PSES, respondents are not tracked over multiple cycles.  For that reason, there is no identifying variable that corresponds to the same respondent from one cycle to the next.”

Population of Businesses with Employees

Question:
On the page describing Canadian Business Patterns, http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getMainChange&Id=1183651, it states the program began in 1980 and that “The last release of the Population of businesses with employees data was on March 8, 2007.”

(was Population of businesses with employees an official product since Population is capitalised?)

Via ftp and wds stats/data can (only0 be obtained back to 1988.

How does one obtain stats/data back to 1980?

Answer:
I’ve received the following response from subject matter:

“We would offer our business counts by Canada/Province, NAICS and Employment Size Range free of charge in the Cube environment available here: https://www120.statcan.gc.ca/stcsr/en/sr1/srs?q=business+counts&fq=stclac%3A2&wb-srch-sub=search

We also do offer custom business counts for a fee. The earliest available year is 1898 although NAICS was introduced in 2004, location counts began in 2007 and businesses without employees was first included in our counts in 2004.”

Follow-up Question:
Some clarification is needed. On the page describing Canadian Business Patterns, http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getMainChange&Id=1183651 it states the program began in 1980.

The response from subject matter stated "The earliest available year is 1898." That must be a typo. The link subject matter provided leads to the "Cube environment" with 11,978 results(!) which, to say the least, is not helpful.

Via DLI ftp & wds one can get back to 1988.

Is a cu$tom request needed for 1980 (or earlier?) to 1988?

Follow up Answer:
Subject matter has confirm that yes, this was a typo. Sorry about that! 1989 is the earliest available year. The Cube environment link seems to be set for internal use and unfortunately resets for external clients. If you type the words “Canadian business counts” in the search field, all of the tables will appear going back to December 2015.

In regards to the custom tables – 1980 is simply the year that the Division itself had started. Unfortunately there is no data available earlier than 1989.

New files on Statistics Canada Nesstar

We are pleased to inform you that the following are now available on the Statistics Canada Nesstar WebView site.

General Social Survey - Canadians at Work and Home (GSS) 2016 - Cycle 30 PUMF
Survey of Financial Spending (SFS) 2016 PUMF
Employment Insurance Coverage Survey (EICS) 2017 PUMF

Population of Alberta Files

Question:
I need to find the population of a number of municipalities in Alberta by dissemination area.  We are trying to create a map with population of part of Alberta.  The map is a river basin.  We have the shape files for the river basin, but I need the dissemination area data so that the files can be joined. 


Are these available on the DLI site?  I saw some files, but wasn't sure exactly which ones to download.

Answer:
I’ve consulted with subject matter on this one and they gave me the following information:

“The client can use Geosuite for this: https://geosuite.statcan.gc.ca/geosuite/en/index

1.      First, search for the province of Alberta. There will be a dropdown with the results, select it, and press the magnifying glass.

2.      Next, click on DA in the hierarchy chart (highlighted in yellow). A list of all of the DAs in Alberta will be listed below.

3.      You can now export this list and select only the columns needed for your analysis (i.e. DAuid and population). You can add or remove these columns with the Show/Hide columns button.

4.      You can now export your data into a .csv file. Note: If you selected specific columns, choose export selection. If you require all of the data that was first loaded, choose export all.