Ontario: National Household Survey 2011: Composition of Income

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Geography:	Ontario
Account:	Income, Consumption and Leisure
Information:	National Household Survey 2011: Composition of Income
Data Source:	National Household Survey, Statistics Canada, May - August 2011.
Copyright:	Newfoundland & Labrador Statistics Agency, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

The global non-response rate (GNR) is a weighted measure of survey non-response, calculated based on the number of households that did not respond to the survey and the number of questions that respondents left out. The GNR can be used as an indicator of data quality, with lower values indicating more accurate data. Geographies with a GNR of higher than 50% were suppressed by Statistics Canada due to concerns about data accuracy. If a geography has a GNR of 0, it means that there was a response from all households surveyed, not necessarily that the data is representative of all households in the geography.

Figures may not add to total due to random rounding.

^a Self-employment income is a net value, after a deduction of expenses. Negative values in this category mean that losses have exceeded earnings.

^b Investment income may take negative values if losses exceed earnings.

^c This variable refers to the gains or losses during 2010 from the sale of capital property such as mutual funds, depreciable property or other properties such as cottages, buildings and securities.

Global Non-Response Rate

Geographies with a GNR of higher than 50% were suppressed by Statistics Canada due to concerns about data accuracy. If a geography has a GNR of 0, it means that there was a response from all households surveyed, not necessarily that the data is representative of all households in the geography.

NHS Suppression Standards

Suppress all data for a community if the Global non-reponse rate is greater than 50%.
Suppress income data if the population of the area is less than 250, or if there are less than 40 private households.
Cell values greater than 10 are randomly rounded to a multiple of 5. Values less than 10 are rounded to either 0 or 10.
Some data may have been suppressed due to data quality or privacy concerns.

National Household Survey (NHS)

The National Household Survey is the replacement for Statistics Canada's long form census. The survey was given to about 4.5 million households in Canada (about 30% of households), and asked questions regarding Aboriginal peoples, immigration, ethnocultural diversity, education, labour, mobility, migration, income and housing.

Unlike the former long form census survey the NHS is not mandatory, which could result in non-response bias being introduced into the survey.Statistics Canada has employed several techniques to minimize this bias, but it should still be taken into account when interpreting this data.

Non-Response Bias

Non-response bias occours when those who respond to a survey have a different set of characteristics than those who do not respond. For example, if those with lower education levels are less likely to fill out the census form, it may artificially inflate the education level of the population.

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National Household Survey global non-response rate for Ontario: 27.1%


	Male	Female	Total


Composition of income in 2010 of population 15 years and over
Market income	90.6%	83.7%	87.7%
Employment income	77.6%	70.9%	74.8%
Wages and salaries	72.1%	67.4%	70.1%
Self-employment income^a	5.5%	3.5%	4.6%
Investment income^b	3.9%	4.5%	4.2%
Retirement pensions, superannuation and annuities	7.5%	6.4%	7.0%
Other money income	1.6%	1.9%	1.7%
Government transfer payments	9.4%	16.3%	12.3%
Canada/Quebec Pension Plan benefits	3.0%	4.0%	3.4%
Old Age Security pensions and Guaranteed Income Supplement	2.1%	3.9%	2.8%
Employment Insurance benefits	1.1%	1.8%	1.4%
Child benefits	0.1%	3.2%	1.4%
Other income from government sources	3.1%	3.5%	3.3%

Income taxes paid as a percent of total income	18.5%	14.1%	16.6%

After-tax income as a percent of total income	81.5%	85.9%	83.4%

Net capital gains or losses as a percent of total income^c	1.9%	1.5%	1.7%

Notes:

Figures may not add to total due to random rounding.

^a Self-employment income is a net value, after a deduction of expenses. Negative values in this category mean that losses have exceeded earnings.

^b Investment income may take negative values if losses exceed earnings.

^c This variable refers to the gains or losses during 2010 from the sale of capital property such as mutual funds, depreciable property or other properties such as cottages, buildings and securities.

Source: National Household Survey, Statistics Canada, May - August 2011.

Copyright: Newfoundland & Labrador Statistics Agency
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

Data last updated on January 24, 2017

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