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- Title: Introduction to the General Social Survey/Introduction a L'enquete Sociale Generale (Report)
- Author : Canadian Review of Sociology
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 258 KB
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BEFORE 1985, STATISTICS CANADA'S HOLDINGS OF social data comprised the Census and the Labour Force Survey. The longitudinal and other social surveys which were developed in the 1990s were not even thought of at that time, nor was there any StatCan survey on such important social topics as health or education after the short-lived Canada Health Survey in the 1970s. Recognizing the gap in data on key social policy topics, Dr. Ivan Fellegi, Assistant Chief Statistician at that time, dedicated resources to the inception of a small, flexible, and cost-effective survey program. The initial plan was to put in place a survey framework that would be flexible enough to quickly adapt to the changing social landscape and have the capacity to collect information on a wide range of social topics. The General Social Survey (GSS) thus began in 1985, collecting information on health and social supports related to aging from 10,000 Canadians in the 10 provinces. The flexibility of an annual GSS allowed the addition of new modules to existing survey cycles, or the creation of new surveys altogether as new topics of policy relevance emerged. The first GSS cycle marked the beginning of an era that saw extensive development in social data by Statistics Canada, much of which had its roots in early GSS cycles that clearly demonstrated the value and necessity of having social data to inform policy decisions at all levels of government. Indeed, one of the significant contributions of the GSS has been that many of the topics it pioneered, including the health, education, and information and communication technologies surveys, were recognized as important enough that they eventually moved to new divisions dedicated to these topics. The investment of Statistics Canada in the GSS back in 1985 has had wide-reaching effects for government, academic research across disciplines, and from the research lab to the front lines of social organizations. This special volume of the Canadian Review of Sociology marks the 22nd year StatCan has released GSS data. The four articles in this review afford a small but valuable glimpse into the contribution this survey has made for understanding the social conditions of Canadians across more than two decades.
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