Table 6
Steps of the content determination framework and their dimensions

Description

Table 6 presents the dimensions for each step of the content determination framework. The first column ("Steps") in the table contains the three steps and the second column ("Dimensions") shows the dimensions.

Steps of the content determination framework and their dimensions
Steps Dimensions
Step 1:
Census Program information needs (relevance and quality requirements of users)
  • strength of user need
  • size of the population of interest
  • suitability of alternative sources
  • multivariate analysis
  • comparability across Canada
  • continuity over time
  • frequency of outputs
Step 2:
Canadian context
  • respondent burden
  • societal privacy concerns
 Balance of topics
Step 3:
Statistics Canada considerations
  • costs
  • operational factors
  • safeguards against loss of Census Program data quality
  • safeguards against loss of efficiency and/or quality in other Statistics Canada programs
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