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Time to Face the Fact that the National Household Survey Is Just the Compulsory Long-Form Census Made Voluntary

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  • Patrick, Grady

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A highly-charged debate that has raged now for four years on the replacement of the long-form census with the voluntary National Household Survey (NHS) has become more political and symbolic than substantive at this point. This article makes the case that the NHS has produced useable high quality data, which is comparable in coverage to that produced by the long-form, at the national, provincial, territorial and census metropolitan level. It also contends that going back to a mandatory questionnaire may not produce much better results given the increased awareness resulting from the controversy that the stiff penalties under the Statistics Act are rarely, if ever, imposed

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  • Patrick, Grady, 2015. "Time to Face the Fact that the National Household Survey Is Just the Compulsory Long-Form Census Made Voluntary," MPRA Paper 63188, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:63188
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    1. Patrick, Grady, 2016. "How are the Children of Visible Minority Immigrants Doing? An Update Based on the National Household Survey," MPRA Paper 71707, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    National Household Survey; long-form census; Statistics Canada;
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    JEL classification:

    • C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General

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