Centre for Time Use Research - information gateway
Centre for Time Use Research - information gateway
| Country: | CANADA 1992 |
| Study Title: | Time Use Survey (General Social Survey, cycle 7) |
| Collector: | Statistics Canada |
| When Conducted: | January to December 1992 |
| Sampling Method and Study Design: | Based on a representative sample of about 9,000 respondents of the non-institutionalised population age 15 and over in Canada's ten provinces. The telephone survey of a sample reached by random digit dialling employed the yesterday method to obtain 24-hour diary information on daily activities starting at 4:00am. the questionnaire included references to health, disability, and caring. People supplied starting and ending times of activities (no set time slots) |
| Sample Size: | 12,765 households selected; 9,815 households fully responded |
| Response Rate: | 77% |
| Weighting Procedures: | The sample weighted to adjust for the 2% of the Canadian population which does not have a telephone |
| Source of Information: |
Frederick, Judith A. (1995). As Time Goes By... Time Use of Canadians. Cat no. 89-544E (Ottawa: Statistics Canada)
Statistics Canada (August 1993). "The 1992 General Social Survey - Cycle 7: Time Use" Public Use Microdata File Documentation and User's Guide" |
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