Welcome ARDC Researchers
The Atlantic Research Data Centre is more than just a facility to access and process data collected by Statistics Canada. It is a "full service" operation with a series of methodolgical workshops, brown bag lunches, a graduate-level course in social analysis of complex survey data, and seminars on a wide array of topics. We invite you to participate.
What's New?
Graduate Course - 2009/10 Term (details)
Fall 2009 User Forum - General Meeting (details)
New Workstations (details)
Recent Software Upgrades (details)
Operating Hours
Monday to Friday - 8:00am to 4:00pm
The operating hours will vary slightly over the course of the year in line with the Killam library hours, as well the centre may be closed for short periods to conduct equipment service or maintenance.
Workshops
30th January 10
9:00 to 12:00 noon
Intermediate SPSS
1:00 to 4:00 pm
Intermediate STATA
For a full list of other workshops being hosted by the ARDC this fall check out the 2009/2010 Workshop Schedule
Workshop Registration
Recent Publications from ARDC Researchers
Thiessen, Victor. 2009 . "The Pursuit of Postsecondary Education: A Comparison of First Nations, African, Asian, and European Canadian Youth." Canadian Review of Sociology 46(1):5-37.
Abstract: Using the nationally representative longitudinal Youth in Transition Survey, this paper examines the argument that inferior educational outcomes of various visible minorities and immigrants can be attributed to their socio-economic disadvantages, while superior outcomes of other visible minorities is due to their cultural supports. The analyses document sizeable inequalities in educational pathways of First Nations, visible minorities, and immigrants. However, neither structural location nor cultural attributes (nor both in conjunction) totally account for differences in their educational pathways nor can they be reduced to a simple pattern whereby structural disadvantages account for inferior pathways and cultural factors for superior ones.
Tomblin-Murphy, Gail, George Kephart, Lynn Lethbridge, Linda O'Brien-Pallas and Stephan Birch. 2009. "Planning for what? Challenging the assumptions of health human resources planning." Health Policy 92(2-3): 225-233.
Abstract: Objectives: Health human resource planning has traditionally been based on simple models of demographic changes applied to observed levels of service utilization or provider supply. No consideration has been given to the implications of changing levels of need within populations over time. Recently, needs based resource planning models have been suggested that incorporate changes in needs for care explicitly as a determinant of health care needs. Methods: In this paper, population indicators of morbidity, mortality and self-assessed health are analyzed to determine if health care needs have changed across birth cohorts in Canada from 1994 to 2005 among older age groups. Multivariate regression analysis was used to estimate the age pattern of health by birth year with interaction terms included to examine whether the association of age with health was conditional on the birth year. Results: Results indicate that while the probability of mortality, mobility problems and pain rises with age, the rate of change is greater for those born earlier. The probability of self-assessed poor health increases with age but the rate of change with age is constant across birth years. Conclusions: Even in the short time period covered, our analysis shows that health care needs by age are changing over time in Canada.
