(4 marks) The Aboriginal Peoples Survey provides data on the social and eco- nom
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(4 marks) The Aboriginal Peoples Survey provides data on the social and eco- nomic conditions of First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, aged 15 and over in Canada. Information about the survey methods can be found here: http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function-getSurvey&Id-318572; and this link is provided on the course website (a) What was the target population and study population? (b) What were the sampling units and sampling frame? (c) How was the sample obtained? (d) What are the possible sources of bias for the survey?Explanation / Answer
(a) The target population of the 2017 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) was the Aboriginal identity population of Canada, aged 15 or above as of January 15, 2017, living in private dwellings excluding people living on Indian reserves and settlements and in certain First Nations communities in Yukon and the Northwest Territories (NWT). "Aboriginal identity" refers to those persons who reported identifying with at least one Aboriginal group, namely, First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuit, those who reported being a Status Indian (Registered Indian or Treaty Indian, as defined by the Indian Act of Canada), or those who reported being a member of a First Nation or Indian band. Some individuals with Aboriginal ancestry who did not report Aboriginal identity were still sampled, since past survey experience indicates that nearly one-third of these individuals will report an Aboriginal identity on the APS.
The target population was individuals who answered "Yes" to one of the three Census questions defining the identity population (questions 18, 20 and 21) or those who reported Aboriginal ancestry to question 17 in the 2016 Census of Population long-form questionnaire.
(b) Sampling unit are individuals
Sampling Frame was Census of Population long-form respondents who reported an Aboriginal identity or ancestry.
(c) Data was collected directly from survey respondents.
Before the start of collection, introductory letters explaining the purpose of the survey were sent to the selected respondents.
Questions were administered using Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) and Computer Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI). In most regions, CATI was used for individuals for whom there was a telephone number on the sample file. CAPI was used for individuals who did not have a telephone number or who could not be contacted by telephone even when a number was available. In the territories, the northern parts of many provinces and some Inuit communities, often very few telephone numbers available. In these cases, personal interviews were conducted.
(d) Possible sources of bias: Proxy reporting (survey being filed by a person other than one who filled the Census of Population); sampling of some individuals with Aboriginal ancestry who did not report Aboriginal identity on the basis of past experience. These can lead to inaccurate results of the survey.
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