The Census Quartet

Finding Census Data

E. HamiltonNovember 2003

ACCOLEDS Training

December 2003

Products & Access Population & Dwelling Counts

100% sample, all geography levels Profiles

Place-based counts for varying levels of geography

Topic Based Tabulations Cross-tabulations for varying levels of geography

Public Use Microdata Files 3% sample data file for the more ambitious

And three Post-Censal Surveys!

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Coming 1 Dec. 2003…

“Find Data”

gone E. Hamilton

Search by Topic=Browse List

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Search by Topic: Results

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Presented by type:

•highlight tables

•profile tables,

•topic-based tables

Geography search results

In order of:

• Highlights

• Profiles

• Topic Based Tabulations

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Other searches?

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Searching: Still a Hidden Gem…

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Topic Based Tabulations

Select theme or search by catalogue number, by variable, by place name, by release date

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Topic Based Tabulations: Place name searching

Fredericton

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Watch capitalization—very important!!

HTML View

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Beyond 20/20 View

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Boolean Searching

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Census Access: ReviewAccess Product

All values*?

All geography? B2020

Public Community ProfilesWeb; free

No; n=13No TBT

To CT level;No FSA or DA

No

Public Census 2001 web siteWeb; free

No; n=13No TBT

To CT levelNo FSA or DA

No

DSP Census via E-StatWeb; public on-site use

No, n=35No TBT

To CT level;No FSA or DA

Yes

DSP Census 2001 web siteWeb; public on-site use

Yes, n=95TBT

No FSA or DATBT to CMA/CA

Yes

DLI Census 2001 web siteWeb/FTP; restricted

Yes, n=95TBT

All geographies except block face

Yes• “n” refers to values of religion available for viewing. For example, Community Profiles gives data for 13 religions while DLI gives data on 95 religions at all levels of geography

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Beyond 20/20 Exercise

The Shell Game

Beyond 20/20 Software used to display

aggregate data Allows customization of tables

Value selection Nesting Geographic code labels

Export possible to multiple formats

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Beyond 20/20: Starting point

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Intermediate Step… shifts in religion, 1971-2001

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Beyond 20/20: Finishing pointExample of Excel option with geocodes

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