September 2011

Intro to Data for Sociology

SOC 3142DSusan MowersData Librarian

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• Library services : • Data Services• SPSS labs

• Data and Sociology:• Survey data • Data and data documentation for SOC3142D• Going further? How to get data from Odesi and other data sources

Today’s

Agenda

Services at your Library

(Research and) Data Support

• Sociology Research – Literature reviews etc.

LibrarianAlain El Hofi

Appointments: aelhofi@uOttawa.ca613-562-5800 (7186)

Office : Room 2010BFSS Building

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Forthcoming

presentation!

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Data Services in your Library

We can …

•Help you to find, access and use Statistics Canada data, etc.,

•Provide you with technical support relating to your data,

•Also … SPSS statistical and GIS software,

@ Geographic,Statistical and Government – GSG Information Centre

& help to find Government information and Geographic information

Services to

help you

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Welcome to the GSG Centre Morisset Library on the 3rd floor (309)

Find the

GSG

Centre!

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Computer lab provides SPSS accessMorisset Library on the 3rd floor (308) SPSS in

the Library

Where

to get SPSS

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•Montpetit Hall – 125 University, room 140 (all students, open 24/7)

•Morisset Library – 65 University, room 308 (all students, hours here)

•FSS Library – 120 University, room 2010 FSS, (all students, Mondays to Fridays: 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.)

•Vanier Hall – 136 Jean-Jacques Lussier, rooms 2008, 2015, 2025 (Faculty of Social Sciences, open 7:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.)

SPSS labs on campus

LOTS OF DATA AVAILABLE FOR SOCIOLOGY !

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Originating from …

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Access to Data at uOttawa

Via the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI)

Partnership between 75 + Canadian universities / colleges & Statistics Canada. Funded and supported by your Library.

All uses permitted (academic, commercial …) except cannot be redistributed outside the University of Ottawa

Susan is your DLI Contact : smowers@uottawa.ca

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Research Guide for Data in this course and other courses

• http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/DataandStatistics-en

Statistics Canada Surveys

Why Statistics Canada?

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Not all survey data of equal quality

• Statistics Canada

• rigorous methodology standards in survey sampling design and data collection, and accountable: they publish methodological details for every survey, one example.

• What about other data collectors?

• What does their documentation say about their mandate, their research and survey methodology and who is sponsoring the data collection?

• ICPSR is an archive of reputable social science survey data and publishes extensive documentation for every survey, one example.

• or many other sources like civil society groups, one example

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Quiz 1What is Statistics Canada’s most important

“survey”?

HINTS …

- It’s “so” big, it can only happen every 5 years!

- It’s obligatory

May-August 2011Between May and August 2011, Statistics Canada conducted the National Household Survey (NHS) for the first time. This voluntary, self-administered survey was introduced as a replacement for the long census questionnaire, more widely known as Census Form 2B.

Short Census May 2011Access past Census questionnaires

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Census of Population then NHS

For example, from your mailbox:

May 2011

… and ongoing

Through August

… to statistics in the media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The make-up of the (top-over $191,000) 1- per-cent club is overwhelmingly male, most-likely over the age of 45 and tends to work in management jobs. Canada’s top earners are also more likely to make money through investments and self-employment income

.…No public-use Census microdata (only

National Household Survey)

IT ALL STARTS WITH THE QUESTIONS!

2011 Census questionnaire (short) and 2011 National Household Survey Questionnaire

e.g., family relationship …

…etc..

Census of Population 2011

• Portal to Census 2011 statistics:http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/index-eng.cfm

• Compare Census topics

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Age and sexFamilies, households and marital statusStructural type of dwelling and collectivesLanguage

more info/stats tablesresponse rate: 68.6% (see bottom of page)

Aboriginal peoplesAge and sexEducationEthnic origin and visible minoritiesFamilies and householdsHousing and shelter costsImmigration and citizenshipIncome and earningsLabourLanguageMarital statusMobility and migrationPlace of work and commuting to work

more info/stats tables response rate: 93.5%

PUMF• Unique: access to respondent-level data • Public-use microdata file,

• public-use=anonymized • Statistics Act 1970-71-72, c. 15, as am., Stats Can cannot divulge

individuals’ identities• Researchers can use the data to group, analyse and

manipulate the data using statistical software e.g., SPSS • Geographic areas: limited to prov/territories and fairly large

subprovincial areas like health regions (all across Canada) or census metropolitan areas.

• Anonymization / grouping of some responses, e.g.,• Born in Morocco becomes Born in Northern Africa• Haitian ethnic origin becomes Other Caribbean ethnic origins

Two key Statistics Canada surveys

General Social Survey (GSS) Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS)

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What is the GSS (General Social Survey)?

• Annual. Established in 1985, telephone surveys from representative samples from the 10 provinces

• Data collected over a 12 month period – population living in private households, in the 10 provinces

• Note also, http://www.issp.org/

General Social Survey

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2011

Original design: repeated cycles on key social issues usually every 5 years (family, victimization, life course: work or education, time-use, social networks and identity, etc.)

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Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS)

1. Largest health survey in Canada, Over 131,000 respondents for 2009-2010 from more than approximately 140 health regions

2. Very detailed data on health status and health system (e.g., access/use), and correlates of health including economic, social, occupational, demographic and environmental indicators;

3. Statistics Canada publishes extensive CCHS statistics in various products including Health Indicators, a database of tables, maps etc.

4. Special CCHS topics now all included in one

5. Note also Health in Canada portal

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Comparing data and statistics and How to access Odesi

•SOC3142D Course page

http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/SOC3142D

What is the difference ?

Data :

• Digital – computer readable • Raw data

• Not presentation-ready• Require processing

Statistics :

• May be computer readable.• Summaries of data, e.g.,

x number of 95-99 year olds in Saskatchewan in 2001 ?

= 1,345 • Presentation-ready• Are often mapped (or graphed)

for visual presentation

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Statistics come from……DATA !

Data are processed

to become Statistics

Person 1…2 …

Status of Same-sex Couples (3), Sex (3) and Presence of Other Household Members (5) for the Same sex Couples in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

Odesi (Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure)

• Lots of data: Statistics Canada, public opinion polls, other survey and related data

• Lots of options: Explore data, cross-tabulate with weights and data-to-go: pick and choose variables and download !

• Odesi:Go to my “Data and Statistics” research guide

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Social Sciences Librarians at your

service

Thank you! Questions?

alain.elhofi@uottawa.casmowers@uottawa.ca

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