2016 Census Program Content Test: Design and Results
Appendices
Release date: April 1, 2016
Appendix A – List of major changes to the content of the 2016 Census Program
Questionnaire
- Census and NHS questions are combined onto a single questionnaire for households selected to participate in the NHS.
- A transition message has been added to invite respondents to participate in the NHS. The voluntary nature of the survey is not mentioned on the paper questionnaires. Households who receive a paper questionnaire are informed in the letter that accompanies the questionnaire package.
Coverage
- An email address question has been added (Step A).
- The wording of the question on the number of persons at the address (Step B) has been improved.
- There are new steps in the electronic version to determine whether or not a person in the household should be included as a usual resident (Step C).
Income
- Census respondents will be linked to income tax data.
- Income questions are removed from the NHS.
Demographic information
- Questions on sex, age, marital status and relationship to Person 1 are written in the interrogative form.
Activities of daily living
- There is a new question on activities of daily living.
Ethnocultural information
- Questions on the place of birth of the respondent and the respondent’s parents are displayed in sequences on the electronic questionnaire. As well, a validation message has been added to help with providing a specific country of birth.
- The order of examples of ethnic origin has been changed, with French appearing third, after Canadian and Chinese.
Education
- Questions on postsecondary education are displayed in sequences on the electronic questionnaire.
- Changes have been made to the response options for the apprenticeship question.
Languages
- A validation message has been added for the language questions on the electronic questionnaire to help with providing specific responses.
Appendix B – List of questions in test and control questionnaires (Content Test)
| Test questionnaire | Control questionnaire |
|---|---|
| CENSUS | |
| Q. 2 What is this person’s sex? | Q. 2 SEX |
| Q. 3 What are this person’s date of birth and age? | Q. 3 DATE OF BIRTH AND AGE |
| Q. 4 a) What is this person’s legal marital status? | Q. 4 MARITAL STATUS |
| b) Is this person living with a common-law partner? | Q. 5 Is this person living with a common-law partner? |
| Q. 5 What is the relationship of this person to Person 1? | Q. 6 RELATIONSHIP TO PERSON 1 |
| Q. 6 Can this person speak English or French well enough to conduct a conversation? | Q. 7 Can this person speak English or French well enough to conduct a conversation? |
| Q. 7 a) What language does this person speak most often at home? | Q. 8 a) What language does this person speak most often at home? |
| b) Does this person speak any other languages on a regular basis at home? | b) Does this person speak any other languages on a regular basis at home? |
| Q. 8 What is the language that this person first learned at home in childhood and still understands? | Q. 9 What is the language that this person first learned at home in childhood and still understands? |
| Q. 9 Does this person agree to make his or her 2016 Census information available in 2108 (92 years after the census)? | Q. 10 Does this person agree to make his or her 2016 Census information available in 2108 (92 years after the census)? |
| NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY | |
| Q. 10 Does this person have any: | Q. 11 Does this person have any difficulty hearing, seeing, communicating, walking, climbing stairs, bending, learning or doing any similar activities? |
| a) difficulty seeing (even when wearing glasses or contact lenses)? | Q. 12 Does a physical condition or mental condition or health problem reduce the amount or the kind of activity this person can do: |
| b) difficulty hearing (even when using a hearing aid)? | a) at home? |
| c) difficulty walking, using stairs, using his/her hands or fingers or doing other physical activities? | b) at work or at school? |
| d) difficulty learning, remembering or concentrating? | c) in other activities, for example, transportation or leisure? |
| e) emotional, psychological or mental health conditions (anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, substance abuse, anorexia, etc.)? | this cell is blank |
| f) other health problem or long-term condition that has lasted or is expected to last for six months or more? | this cell is blank |
| Q. 11 Where was this person born? | Q. 13 Where was this person born? |
| this cell is blank | Q. 14 Of what country is this person a citizen? |
| Q. 12 Is this person now, or has this person ever been, a landed immigrant? | Q. 15 Is this person now, or has this person ever been, a landed immigrant? |
| Q. 13 In what year did this person first become a landed immigrant? | Q. 16 In what year did this person first become a landed immigrant? |
| this cell is blank | Q. 17 What language(s), other than English or French, can this person speak well enough to conduct a conversation? |
| Q. 14 What were the ethnic or cultural origins of this person’s ancestors? | Q. 18 What were the ethnic or cultural origins of this person’s ancestors? |
| Q. 15 Is this person an Aboriginal person, that is, First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit)? | Q. 19 Is this person an Aboriginal person, that is, First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuk (Inuit)? |
| Q. 16 Is this person: [checklist of visible minority groups] | Q. 20 Is this person: [checklist of visible minority groups] |
| Q. 17 Is this person a Status Indian (Registered or Treaty Indian as defined by the Indian Act of Canada)? | Q. 21 Is this person a Status Indian (Registered or Treaty Indian as defined by the Indian Act of Canada)? |
| this cell is blank | Q. 22 Is this person a member of a First Nation / Indian band? |
| this cell is blank | Q. 23 What is this person’s religion? |
| Q. 18 Where did this person live 1 year ago, that is, on May 13, 2013? | Q. 24 Where did this person live 1 year ago, that is, on May 13, 2013? |
| Q. 19 Where did this person live 5 years ago, that is, on May 13, 2009? | Q. 25 Where did this person live 5 years ago, that is, on May 13, 2009? |
| Q. 20 Where was each of this person’s parents born? | Q. 26 Where was each of this person’s parents born? |
| a) Father | a) Father |
| b) Mother | b) Mother |
| Q. 21 Has this person completed a high school (secondary school) diploma or equivalency certificate? | Q. 28 Has this person completed a secondary (high) school diploma or equivalent? |
| Q. 22 a) Has this person completed a Registered Apprenticeship or other trades certificate or diploma? | Q. 29 Has this person completed a Registered Apprenticeship or other trades certificate or diploma? |
| b) Has this person completed a college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma? | Q. 30 Has this person completed a college, CEGEP, or other non-university certificate or diploma? |
| c) Has this person completed a university certificate, diploma or degree? | Q. 31 Has this person completed a university certificate, diploma or degree? |
| Q. 23 What was the major field of study of the highest certificate, diploma or degree that this person completed? | Q. 32 What was the major field of study of the highest certificate, diploma or degree that this person completed? |
| this cell is blank | Q. 33 In what province, territory or country did this person complete his or her highest certificate, diploma or degree? |
| Q. 24 a) At any time between September 2013 and May 2014, did this person attend school, such as high school, college, CEGEP or university? | Q. 34 At any time since September 2013, has this person attended a school, college, CEGEP or university? |
| b) For what type of certificate, diploma or degree was this person attending school (at any time between September 2013 and May 2014)? | |
| Q. 25 During the week of Sunday, May 4 to Saturday, May 10, 2014, how many hours did this person spend working for pay or in self-employment? | Q. 35 During the week of Sunday, May 4 to Saturday, May 10, 2014, how many hours did this person spend working for pay or in self-employment? |
| Q. 26 During the week of May 4 to May 10, 2014, was this person on temporary lay-off or absent from his/her job or business? | Q. 36 During the week of May 4 to May 10, 2014, was this person on temporary lay-off or absent from his/her job or business? |
| Q. 27 During the week of May 4 to May 10, 2014, did this person have definite arrangements to start a new job within the next four weeks? | Q. 37 During the week of May 4 to May 10, 2014, did this person have definite arrangements to start a new job within the next four weeks? |
| Q. 28 Did this person look for paid work during the four weeks from April 13 to May 10, 2014? | Q. 38 Did this person look for paid work during the four weeks from April 13 to May 10, 2014? |
| Q. 29 Could this person have started a job during the week of Sunday, May 4 to Saturday, May 10, 2014 had one been available? | Q. 39 Could this person have started a job during the week of Sunday, May 4 to Saturday, May 10, 2014 had one been available? |
| this cell is blank | Q. 40 When did this person last work for pay or in self-employment, even for a few days? |
| Q. 30 For whom did this person work? | Q. 41 For whom did this person work? |
| Q. 31 What kind of business, industry or service was this? | Q. 42 What kind of business, industry or service was this? |
| Q. 32 What was this person’s work or occupation? | Q. 43 What was this person’s work or occupation? |
| Q. 33 In this work, what were this person’s main activities? | Q. 44 In this work, what were this person’s main activities? |
| this cell is blank | Q. 45 In this job or business was this person mainly: [class of worker]. |
| this cell is blank | Q. 46 If self-employed, was this person’s farm or business incorporated? |
| this cell is blank | Q. 47 At what address did this person usually work most of the time? |
| this cell is blank | Q. 48 a) How did this person usually get to work? |
| b) How many people, including this person, usually shared the ride to work in this car, truck or van? | |
| this cell is blank | Q. 49 a) What time did this person usually leave home to go to work? |
| b) How many minutes did it usually take this person to get from home to work? | |
| Q. 34 a) In this job, what language did this person use most often? | Q. 50 a) In this job, what language did this person use most often? |
| b) Did this person use any other languages on a regular basis in this job? | b) Did this person use any other languages on a regular basis in this job? |
| this cell is blank | Q. 51 How many weeks did this person work in 2013? |
| this cell is blank | Q. 52 During most of those weeks, did this person work full time or part time? |
| this cell is blank | Q. 53 In 2013, did this person pay for child care, such as day care or babysitting, so that this person could work at his or her paid job(s)? |
| this cell is blank | Q. 54 In 2013, did this person pay child or spousal support payments to a former spouse or partner? |
| this cell is blank | Q. 55 Does this person give Statistics Canada permission to use the income information available in his/her income tax files for the year ending December 31, 2013? |
| Q. 35 Does this person agree to make his or her 2016 National Household Survey information available in 2108 (92 years after the census)? | Does this person agree to make his or her 2016 National Household Survey information available in 2108 (92 years after the National Household Survey)? |
| Source: Statistics Canada, 2014 Content Test | |
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