JURISDICTIONS AND DIMENSIONS

Building blocks

• Census– Census of Canada

• Survey– Canadian Community Health Survey– Netting, N.S. and Burnett, M.L. (Apr 2004).

Twenty Years of Student Sexual Behavior: Subcultural Adaptations to a Changing Health Environment Adolescence (39)153, 19-38. Retrieved from http://www.eric.ed.gov

• Administrative data – Vital Statistics-Birth Database– IMS Health

Can you trust the numbers?

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And more recently

Who might have gathered these stats?

• International infant mortality • Tobacco use among Canadians• Midwifery industry in Winnipeg• Pharmaceutical sales from drug stores• Cost of rent in Lethbridge• Drinking fountains in Vancouver• Teen Internet Gambling

Sources by category

Official

Inter-governmenta

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United Nations

World Bank

IMF

WHO

…

Governmental

Federal

Statistics Canada

Other Departments

Provincial

BC stats

Other Ministries

Municipal

Metro Vancouver-Statistics

Unofficial

Non-Profit

Think Tanks

Trade / Professional Associations

NGOs

Academic Research

Commercial

Euromonitor

Datamonitor

EIU

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Data re-use at the Provincial level