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Activity Number:
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73
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 12, 2002 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods*
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| Abstract - #301314 |
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Title:
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The Census of Canada: Dwelling Classification Survey
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Author(s):
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Peter Dick*+ and Karen Switzer
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Affiliation(s):
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Statistics Canada and Statistics Canada
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Address:
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Tunney's Pasture, R.H. Coats Bldg., Ottawa, Ontario, K1A0T6, Canada
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Keywords:
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Census ; coverage study ; non-response adjustment
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Abstract:
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Since 1981, the Canadian Census has conducted a sample survey, the Dwelling Classification Survey (DCS), to study private dwellings listed as vacant on Census Day. One error of classification that affects the Census counts is the misclassification of dwellings--occupied on Census Day--as vacant: This error results in an undercount of persons and of occupied dwellings. A main objective of the DCS is to include the estimate of persons living in "vacant" dwellings into the final Census counts. In 2001, the DCS expanded to include private dwellings that did not return a Census form. This enlargement of the DCS affects two major programs. First, the DCS will now estimate the number of persons living in Census "non-response" dwellings beyond the estimate of persons living in "vacant" dwellings. The DCS produced these estimates in time for the Census to include them in the initial release. Secondly, the population estimates will use a new methodology for estimating the number of persons living in Census "non-response" dwellings. The results and the impact of this survey are described.
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