GEO 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Postal Codes In Canada, Secondary School, Higher Education

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEO 231
• Professor: Shuguang Wang

Document Summary

Survey: both u. s. and canada conduct labour force surveys to monitor employment and unemployment. Administrative databases: health records, tax files. Individual: it should be based on individual responses to predetermined questions the population. Universal: it should be universal in scope in order to include all member of. Simultaneous: it should be conducted throughout the nation"s territory on a. Periodic: it should be carried out at regular intervals. predetermined date: countries taking census at 10-year interval should do so on years ending in zero. e. g. , u. s. and china. It is reported that in the 2010 us census, it cost billion ( per household) The national census is canada"s largest survey, conducted every 5 years. It gathers information on: demographic, sociocultural, socioeconomic, geographic. De jure: people are counted at their usual place of residence: regardless of where they are staying/living on the day of the census. College/university students are enumerated with their parents. (canada and u. s)