2006 Census Topic-based tabulations
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Language Used Most Often at Work (8), Other Language Used Regularly at Work (9), Mother Tongue (8), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (7), Attendance at School (3) and Sex (3) for the Population 15 Years and Over Who Worked Since 2005 of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data
About this variable: Attendance at school (3)
Definition
Attendance at school
Part A - Plain language definition
Information indicating whether the individual attended school at any time between September 2005 and May 16, 2006 and the type of school attended.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to attendance and the type of school attended during the nine-month period between September 2005 and May 16, 2006. An individual's attendance could be either full time or part time (day or evening), even if the individual dropped out after registration. Attendance was counted only for courses which could be used as credits towards a certificate, diploma or degree from a recognized educational institution (elementary or secondary school, registered apprenticeship programs, trade schools, colleges, CEGEPs and universities). Recognized education institutions also included seminaries, schools of nursing, private business schools, private or public trade schools, institutes of technology, vocational schools, or schools for people who are deaf or blind. Attendance at school was not counted for training received from an employer unless it could be used as credit towards a certificate, diploma or degree from a recognized educational institution.
Note: Data quality - Attendance at school
A new version of the school attendance question - focusing on the type of educational institution attended - was used in the 2006 Census. Studies on data certification showed important variations with previous censuses and with the Labour Force Survey. It appears that the 2006 Census could have overestimated the school attendance for the population aged 20 years or over.
We recommend users of the attendance at school variable interpret the 2006 Census results with caution.
For more information on factors that may explain such variances in census data, such as response errors and processing errors, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, Appendix B: Data quality, sampling and weighting, confidentiality and random rounding.
More information will be available in the Education Reference Guide, 2006 Census, to be published later in 2008.
Values
- Total - Attendance at school Footnote 1
- Did not attend school Footnote 2
- Attended school Footnote 3
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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Attendance at school could have been either full time or part time. Attendance at school is collected only for course work that could be used as credit towards a certificate, diploma or degree.
Note: Data quality - Attendance at school
A new version of the school attendance question - focusing on the type of educational institution attended - was used in the 2006 Census. Studies on data certification showed important variations with previous censuses and with the Labour Force Survey. It appears that the 2006 Census could have overestimated the school attendance for the population aged 20 years or over.
We recommend users of the attendance at school variable interpret the 2006 Census results with caution.
For more information on factors that may explain such variances in census data, such as response errors and processing errors, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, Appendix B: Data quality, sampling and weighting, confidentiality and random rounding.
More information will be available in the Education Reference Guide, 2006 Census, to be published later in 2008. - Footnote 2
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Note: Data quality - Attendance at school
A new version of the school attendance question - focusing on the type of educational institution attended - was used in the 2006 Census. Studies on data certification showed important variations with previous censuses and with the Labour Force Survey. It appears that the 2006 Census could have overestimated the school attendance for the population aged 20 years or over.
We recommend users of the attendance at school variable interpret the 2006 Census results with caution.
For more information on factors that may explain such variances in census data, such as response errors and processing errors, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, Appendix B: Data quality, sampling and weighting, confidentiality and random rounding.
More information will be available in the Education Reference Guide, 2006 Census, to be published later in 2008. - Footnote 3
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Note: Data quality - Attendance at school
A new version of the school attendance question - focusing on the type of educational institution attended - was used in the 2006 Census. Studies on data certification showed important variations with previous censuses and with the Labour Force Survey. It appears that the 2006 Census could have overestimated the school attendance for the population aged 20 years or over.
We recommend users of the attendance at school variable interpret the 2006 Census results with caution.
For more information on factors that may explain such variances in census data, such as response errors and processing errors, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, Appendix B: Data quality, sampling and weighting, confidentiality and random rounding.
More information will be available in the Education Reference Guide, 2006 Census, to be published later in 2008.