The Census Quartet

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The Census Quartet

• Finding Census Data
• E. Hamilton
• November 2003

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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 ?
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Search by TopicBrowse List
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Search by Topic Results

• Presented by type
• highlight tables
• profile tables,
• topic-based tables

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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
Watch capitalizationvery important!!
Fredericton
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HTML View
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Beyond 20/20 View
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Boolean Searching
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Census Access Review
Access Product All values? All geography? B2020
Public Community Profiles Web free No n13 No TBT To CT level No FSA or DA No
Public Census 2001 web site Web free No n13 No TBT To CT level No FSA or DA No
DSP Census via E-Stat Web public on-site use No, n35 No TBT To CT level No FSA or DA Yes
DSP Census 2001 web site Web public on-site use Yes, n95 TBT No FSA or DA TBT to CMA/CA Yes
DLI Census 2001 web site Web/FTP restricted Yes, n95 TBT 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

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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 point
Example of Excel option with geocodes
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