2016 Census Program Content Test: Design and Results
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Release date: April 1, 2016
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Table 1 Proposed models for the 2016 Census and the 2016 National Household Survey, Content Test

Table 2 Subsets of population under consideration, Content Test

Table 3 Wave collection approach

Table 4 Census return rates, by test and Panel

Table 5 NHS return rates, by test and Panel

Table 6 Distribution of responses by response mode, Content Test

Table 7 Distribution of responses by response mode, SIN Test

Table 8 Non-response rates for the question on the number of persons at this address, by Panel, paper response mode, Content Test

Table 9 Non-response rates for the household members list, by Panel, paper response mode, Content Test

Table 10 Proportion (%) of households that reported a person in Step C, by Panel and collection mode, Content Test and SIN Test

Table 11 Persons listed and added in Step C, by reason stated, EQ, Content Test

Table 12 Non-response rate to census questions, by household size and position of the person, paper questionnaires, 2011 Census and Content Test

Table 13 Census completion rate, paper questionnaire, 2011 Census, Content Test

Table 14 Distribution of responses to common law, by Panel and questionnaire language, persons aged 15 years and over with a valid response, Content Test

Table 15 Distribution of responses to marital status among persons who reported being in a common-law relationship, by Panel and questionnaire language, persons aged 15 years and over with a valid response, Content Test

Table 16 Distribution of the “other relationship” category to the question on relationship to Person 1 by collection mode, Content test

Table 17 Distribution and non-response rate to the question on relationship to Person 1, by respondent age and collection mode, Content Test

Table 18 Distribution of responses to the question on language spoken most often at home, by Panel, response mode and questionnaire language, Content Test

Table 19 Distribution of responses to the question on mother tongue, by Panel, response mode and questionnaire language, Content Test

Table 20 Rates of transition to NHS, by Panel and collection mode, SIN Test

Table 21 Distribution of responses to the social insurance number question, by collection mode, SIN Test

Table 22 Distribution of responses to the SIN question by position of the person in the household, by collection mode for self-responding households, SIN Test

Table 23 Estimated impacts of the SIN question on 2016 reminder and follow-up activities (EQ and PQ)

Table 24 Rates of transition to the NHS, by test and response mode

Table 25 Non-response rates for the disability question, by collection mode, Test Panel only, Content Test

Table 26 Distribution of responses on the respondent’s place of birth, by Panel, electronic questionnaire, Content Test

Table 27 Derived immigrant population, by Panel and collection mode, Content Test

Table 28 Distribution of ethnic origins (single responses), by Panel and collection mode, Content Test

Table 29 Single responses and multiple responses to the question on ethnic origin, by Panel and collection mode, Content Test

Table 30 Distribution of responses for the self-reported Aboriginal identity question, by Panel and collection mode, Content Test

Table 31 Distribution of responses to the question on Indian status, by Panel and collection mode, Content Test

Table 32 Distribution of highest level of education completed, by Panel, EQ only, Content Test

Table 33 Distribution of responses for trade and college diplomas, by Panel, EQ

Table 34 Non-response rates for education questions, by Panel and collection mode, Content Test

Table 35 Distribution of non-respondents for the question on postsecondary education, by Panel, paper questionnaire only, Content Test

Table 36 Summary of wording changes made to postsecondary education sub-questions, Content Test

Table 37 Distribution of school attendance, by respondent age, by Panel and collection mode, 2014 Content Test, 2011 NHS and 2011 LFS

Table 38 Distribution of non-response rates for questions in the work section, by Panel and collection mode, Content Test

Table 39 Distribution of responses for the question on the language used most often at work, by Panel, response mode and questionnaire language, Content Test

Table 40 Estimated distribution of persons who would be included or excluded from the universe of the question on languages spoken in the workplace in 2016 on the basis of the 2011 NHS

Table 41 Distribution of responses for question, by collection mode and Panel, Content Test

Table 42 Distribution of responses to the question, by collection mode and panel, NHS (N1), persons under the age of 15, Content Test

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