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Canadian Research Data Centre Network

General Social Survey – Canadians at Work and Home

2016

Subjects

LabourSociety and community

Overview

Summary

The two primary objectives of the General Social Survey (GSS) are to gather data on social trends in order to monitor changes in the living conditions and well being of Canadians over time; and to provide information on specific social policy issues of current or emerging interest. The mandate of the GSS

Available Cycles

Years Name
2016 General Social Survey – Canadians at Work and Home

Documentation

Publication Note

All publications (e.g. scientific articles, reports, dissertations, theses) and presentations based on a dataset available in the RDCs should include an acknowledgement of the support provided by granting councils (SSHRC, CIHR, CFI), Statistics Canada and host university. See a sample

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Job quality and precarious employment among lesbian, gay, and bisexual workers: A national study

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Moulin, Stephane (2022).

Psychosocial Risks and Subjective Well-Being in the Canadian Workplace: Overlapping Risk Exposure, Work Ethic and Resilience

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Catherine Deri Armstrong, Rose Anne Devlin, and Forough Seifi (2020).

Doing good, feeling good: causal evidence from volunteers

Review of Social Economy , 23-Jan

Fatina Siblini (2019).

Three essays on the labour costs of caring for elderly parents in Canada

Eugene Emeka Dim and Patience Elabor-Idemudia (2018).

Prevalence and predictors of psychological violence against male victims in intimate relationships in Canada

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Tímea L. Molnár (2017).

Essays in applied microeconomics

Sean Pearce (2017).

The relationship between place and youth volunteerism: Building bonds and breaking barriers

Forough Seifi (2017).

Three essays on the determinants of and returns to volunteering

Evan Castel and Steven Farber (2017).

Benchmarking the health and public transit Connection in the GTHA: An analysis of survey microdata

Richard E. Mueller (2014).

Wage differentials of males and females in same-sex and different-sex couples in Canada, 2006-2010

Canadian Studies in Population , 105-116

Benoît Laplante, Pierre Doray, Nicolas Bastien, and Pierre Chenard (2013).

L'action publique en éducation et l'usage du longitudinal. L'accès à l'université au Québec et en Ontario dans la seconde moitié du XXème siècle

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Composition de la famille et risques d'éclatement des familles recomposées: Effet réel ou artefact lié au mode de collecte des données?

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Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh (2013).

The Quebec convergence and Canadian life satisfaction, 1985 - 2008

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Richard E. Mueller (2012).

Earnings differentials of males and females in same-sex couples in Canada

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Childcare in Canada: Characteristics of use and users from the SLID, NLSCY, SHS, and GSS surveys

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Father-child contact after separation: The influence of living arrangements

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La génération X au Québec: une génération sacrifiée?

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Canadian Social Survey

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CSS

Public Service Employee Survey

Cross-Sectional, Single

PSES

Survey on Health Care Workers’ Experiences During the Pandemic

Cross-Sectional, Single

SHCWEP

General Social Survey – Social Identity

Cross-Sectional, Single

GSS

Canada Survey of Giving Volunteering and Participating

Cross-Sectional, Single

CSGVP

Record of Employment

Cross-Sectional, Single

ROE

Survey of Emergency Preparedness and Resilience in Canada

Cross-Sectional, Single

SEPR

Children with Incarcerated Parents

Cross-Sectional, Single

CHIRP

Survey of Union Membership

Cross-Sectional, Single

SUM

Survey of Employees under Federal Jurisdiction

Cross-Sectional, Single

SEFJ

Extending the Relevance of the Longitudinal Files

Cross-Sectional, Single

ERLF

Survey of Older Workers

Cross-Sectional, Single

SOW

National Survey of Giving Volunteering and Participating

Cross-Sectional, Single

NSGVP

Survey of Self-employment

Cross-Sectional, Single

SSE

General Social Survey – Canadian’s Safety

Cross-Sectional, Single

GSS

Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics – Cross-national Equivalent File

Cross-Sectional, Single

SLID-CNEF

Employment Insurance Beneficiaries

Cross-Sectional, Single

EIB

Resources