Accessing Statistics Canada Data and Resources for Social Psychology Research Hugh McCague Walter Giesbrecht Sara Tumpane Valerie Preston
Outline • Survey Terminology • Research Data Centre (RDC) • RDC versus Public Use Microdata Files (PUMF) • Accessing the RDC • Statistics Canada Surveys and Data • Statistical Software • Research Opportunities • Institute for Social Research • Statistical Consulting Service • Resources
Some Survey Terminology • Population • Elements • Sample: Simple Random Sample, Probability Sample • Response Rate • Weights: Simple Weights 3
Some Survey Terminology • Demographics • Strata • Clusters (primary sampling units, PSUs) • Complex Sample • Complex Weights, Bootstrap and Jackknife Replicate Weights 4
Some Survey Terminology • Cross-sectional data • Longitudinal data : periods, waves, cycles, trajectory, life course • Attrition : attrition rate • Helpful reference : Ornstein, Michael. A Companion to Survey Research . London; Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2013. 5
Research Data Center (RDC) • Access to Statistics Canada data and statistical software • Microdata & administrative data • For York students and faculty, access is free • A “secure” environment • Researchers are “deemed employees” of Statistics Canada • Must work in RDC • CRDCN Network
The CRDCN Network
York RDC • 282 York Lanes • Staffed by: Analyst Sara Tumpane (yorkrdc2@yorku.ca) • Assistant Theresa Kim (yorkrdc3@yorku.ca) • • 8 workstations • Open 3-4 days/week • http://www.isr.yorku.ca/rdc / 8
Before you apply to the RDC… • Consider your options • Is what you need in some more readily accessible source (either PUMF or aggregate file)
RDC or PUMF? Confidential Microdata in Research Public Use Microdata Files accessed Data Centres online Characteristics: Characteristics: o Contains most of the original o Manipulated by aggregating, information collected during the capping, or deleting variables that survey could be “identifiers”; survey o Continuous variables are accessible respondents cannot be identified o Longitudinal identifiers provided o Many continuous variables o Contains bootstrap weights used for transformed into categorical calculating exact variance variables o Longitudinal identifiers stripped Access is appropriate when: Access is appropriate when: o Sensitive variables not provided in o Immediate data access is required o Analysis is for a course paper or PUMF o A PUMF does not exist equivalent o Longitudinal data is necessary o Data exploration o Analytical work is complex in nature
CCHS 2012 PUMF Master File • 1815 variables • 1381 variables • Sources of personal income • Sources of personal income o wages and salaries o Employment inc. o income from self-employment o o EI/Worker's comp dividends and interest o employment insurance o Senior benefits o worker's compensation o Other o CPP or QPP o job related retirement pensions o RRSP/RRIF o OAS and GIS o social assistance/welfare o child tax benefits o child support o alimony o other o none
General Social Survey 2011 Cycle 24: Family PUMF Master File • • 3828 variables 1465 variables • Type of family structure (12) • Type of family structure (6) o o Couple only Couple only o Intact family o Intact family o Family with common children and his o Step-fam W/CmmnChild o Family with common children and hers o Step-fam W/OCmmnChld o Family with common children and his and o Lone parent family hers o No S/P/child+in Hhld ? o Family without common children and his o Family without common children and hers o Family without common children and his and hers o Family with children step to both parents o Family lone parent with father o Family lone parent with mother o No spouse/partner or children in the household
Accessing PUMFs & master file metadata • Statistics Canada Nesstar data portal o metadata only, for PUMFs and master files o http://www62.statcan.ca/webview/ • YUL: Data & Statistics library guide o http://researchguides.library.yorku.ca/data • <odesi> (OCUL) o http://www.library.yorku.ca/e/resolver/id/1165738
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How to apply to an RDC and available datasets • RDC Application Pages • SSHRC Website • Data available in the RDCs
Accessing the RDC Action Timeline Notes Provide list of academic Apply through the 1-2 Hours contributions; 5-10 page SSHRC website project proposal Approval based on Evaluation of the relevance of methods and 2-4 Weeks data, and demonstrated proposal need for microdata Security screening 1-3 Weeks for approval process Sign Microdata Research 1-3 Weeks for approval Contract
Project Proposal • The project proposal is a maximum of ten pages and includes the following elements: o Title of the Project o Rationale and objectives of the study o Proposed data analysis and software requirements o Data requirements o Expected project start and end dates o Expected products o References
Data at the RDC • Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) : 2001-2014 o Health status, health care utilization, and health determinants • Annual Component (starting in 2001, N~130,000) • Mental Health (2002, 2012) N ~ 37,000 • Nutrition (2004) N ~ 35,000 • Healthy Aging (2008-2009) N ~ 52,000 (sample 45+) • Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) : 2011, 2012, 2013 o Survey and administrative data • Hate Crime Data (Pilot) : 2010-2012 o Characteristics of hate-motivated criminal incidents, victims, and accused persons
Data (continued) • General Social Survey (GSS) : 1985-2014 • Health (1985, 1991) • Time Use (1986, 1992, 1998, 2005, 2010) • Victimization (1988, 1993, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014) • Education, Work and Retirement (1989, 1994) • Family (1990, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2011) • Caregiving and Care Receiving (1996, 2002, 2007, 2012) • Access to and Use of Information Technology (2000) • Social Networks/Social Identity (2003, 2008, 2013) • Giving, Volunteering and Participating (2013) • National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) : 8 cycles o Development and well-being: birth - early adulthood o Follow-ups every two years to age 25
Data by Themes • Health and Health Care • National Population Health Survey (NPHS) • Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) • Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CTADS) • Education • Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) • National Graduates Survey (NGS) • Society, Race and Ethnicity • General Social Survey (GSS) • Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) • Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC) • Ethnic Diversity Survey (EDS)
Pilot Data • Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR) • Vital Statistics • Uniform Crime Reporting • Homicide Survey • Hate Crime Data • Ministry of Community and Social Services (MCSS)
Data coverage relevant to Social-Personality Psychology • Immigrant Experience (e.g., LSIC) • Gender and Race (e.g., Census, EDS) • Social Networks (e.g., GSS – Social Networks) • Family Social Relations (e.g., GSS) • Volunteering (e.g., GSS) • Culture & Religion (e.g., NHS, Census) • Conflict Resolution (e.g., NLSCY) 22
Example of a Psychology Research Project at the York RDC • Ames, M. E., Rawana J. S., Gentile P., and Morgan A. S. “The protective role of optimism and self-esteem on depressive symptom pathways among Canadian Aboriginal youth .” Journal of Youth and Adolescence 44.1 (2013): 142-154. • National Longitudinal Study of Children and Youth • Complex Sample Design, Post-Stratification • Longitudinal Linear Mixed Models with Mediation 23
Examples of Research Projects at the York RDC • Language differences and Trust: Evidence from Canada -General Social Survey- Social Networks (GSS) 17, 19, 22; Ethnic Diversity Survey (EDS) 2002 • Optimal Immigration and Investment into Cultural Assimilation -Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC) 2001, 2005 • Migrant Social Networks and Trust in Redistributive Institutions -GSS- Social Networks • Worked to Death: Gendered and Racialized Dimensions of Retirement -Census 2006 • How Class Shapes Individuals‘ Experiences of the Work-Family Interface in Canada -GSS- Family, CCHS 2005, Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) 2005 • Identity, Community and Place: Jamaican Immigrant Organizations in the GTA -Census 2006; EDS 2002 • Effect of Intimate Partner Violence around Pregnancy on Post-Partum Depression among Canadian Women -Maternity Experiences Survey (MES) 24
Which Statistical Software to use at the York RDC? Features to Consider • SAS 9.4 • R 3.3.0 • Stata 13 • SPSS 24 Statistical Software Resources: Institute for Digital Research and Educations (idre), UCLA http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/
Institute for Social Research • Over 50 years of conducting applied and academic social research • Survey Research: sampling, questionnaire design & data collection • Data analysis & statistical consulting • Qualitative research such as focus groups • Statistics Canada Research Data Centre 26
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