Canada Survey of Household Spending 2002
General Info
Original or alternative title
2001 Survey of Household Spending
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 2002 - March, 2002
Data type
Survey:
Cross-sectional - Household - Interview - Nationally representative - Subnationally representative - Urban-rural representative
Summary
Beginning in 1998, the Survey of Household Spending, or SHS, replaced both the Family Expenditure Survey and the Household Facilities and Equipment Survey.
For this year data was collected in the beginning of 2002 for the reference period of 2001 and the sample was 22,172 households.
Institutional populations, residents of Indian reservations, and official representatives of foreign countries were excluded from the survey.
Statistics Canada provides a public use microdata file.
Keywords
Assets, Cooking fuels, Education expenditures, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Health insurance, Household air pollution, Household expenditures, Household heat, Housing conditions, Income, Internet, Loans, Marital status, Mass media, Personal health expenditures, Public social assistance, Taxes, Telephones, Transportation
Citation
Contributors
Publisher
Suggested citation
Statistics Canada (StatCan). Canada Survey of Household Spending 2002. Ottawa, Canada: Statistics Canada (StatCan).